Australian Commodore and Amiga Review, The - Volume 8 Issue 8 (1991-08)(Saturday Magazine)(AU)

Vol 8 No 8

August 1991

The Australian

COMMODORE
and AMIGA REVIEW

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Notepad

Amiga

Shew Report
Wordworth

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Keeping Track

Flash 2000

CU Tutorial Part 13

Turbotext

Creating Batch Files

C64 / 1 28

Ramlink

The C64 Column

GEOS Column

Latest Amiga news, gossip and new releases

Andrew Farrell
Andrew Farrell
George Kimpton
George Kimpton

Combination SCSI
Andrew Leniart
Tim Strachan
Tim Strachan

Owen James
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All the fun of the Sydney World of Commodore 9

This new heavy duty wordprocessor looks great 1 4

Desktop video - a new genlock 1 9

Some programs to remind you of important

happenings

Interface and RAM expansion card

Coming to grips with the CU - for beginners

A powerful new text editor

Tutorial - customise your startup-sequence etc

C64 Graphics &Sound Greg Perry

Education

Things to do with Words
Things to do with Numbers

Entertainment

That's Entertainment

CDTV Launch
Game Reviews

Quickshots

Adventurer's Realm

Anne Glover
Anne Glover

Multi function compatibility interface
Roundup of cartridges; letters answered
Laser output, Gateway desktop, letters
Easy sprites and multicolour sprites

Word games for young ones
Playing with numbers and time

News, Hints & Tips, Letters, Competition, Hall of Fame

A new source of entertainment

Turrican II, Big Box, Death Knights of Krynn, Spirit of Excalibur,

Hill St Blues.

Vector Championship Run, Jockey Wilson's Darts, Super Off Road,

Ninja Rabbit, King's Bounty, Battleset II for Harpoon

Help, Hints, Problems, Chit-chat, The Dungeon

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AUGUST
1991

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CDTV - The Launch

When a product launch
takes place there's always the
chance you'll get lo see some-
thing unexpected. Maybe the
embarrassed face of one of the
company executives as the new
product fails to perform. Other
times it's screams from public
relations people as prying jour-
nalists ask pointed questions.
And occasionally it's a horse
trotting up and down the aisle
with a man on its back singing

Rhinestone Cowboy as the animal relieves itself on the car-
pet. In the case of the CDTV launch, the product performed
beautifully and the journalists were impressed, but the horse
was there in all its glory to kick off this splendid occasion.

Apart from the horse, the only other animal at the launch
was the video wall, which gave Commodore's Gary Mason a
little trouble. Nevertheless, Commodore International's Spe-
cial Projects Director, Gail Wellington, did a splendid job of
coping with the pressures of a couple of equipment hiccups,
and went on lo soothe the crowd with a good number of im-
pressive demonstrations, culminating in the amazing Psyg-
nosis game PlanetSide.

At the end of it all I was convinced CDTV would be a
big hit. There's no doubt once you see the product working
under the guiding hand of an experienced user it looks very
impressive. However, it is one very expensive games ma-
chine. And at over $2,000 for the player plus Grolier's Ency-
clopaedia disc, it doesn't quite have the same status level as
a set of 21 leather-bound books. Sales might be a trickle be-
fore they become a flood.

For me, the really exciting thing would be the launch of
the A690 external CD-Drive for the Amiga 500. According
to Wellington, a similar device will be available for the
A2000/3000. Future releases of reference works will support
clipboard to enable text and hopefully graphics to be easily
included in your own documents. The A690 might be here
before December at a bit under $1000. If they can just push
the price a bit lower, Commodore should be able to sell a
squillion.

I for one would prefer to have a CD-Drive than a player.
After all, even though CDTV looks at home in your Hi-Fi
system, chances are not all the family are going to agree.
Some of them may want to watch Neighbours. The technolo-
gy is slick, but it will take a while to educate consumers that
what looks like not much more than a CD player is in fact a
powerful interactive multimedia machine.

So, yes CDTV is fantastic. Yes, it has the potential to
bring computer technology to a much larger group of consu-
mers than computers alone. But, right now we need the ex-
ternal CD drive. It will create a bigger market for the soft-
ware companies who might not be able to wait around for
everyone to realise how useful a CDTV really is. Local ap-
plications are also very important. At the moment, there are
still only a few people looking into producing Australian ti-
tles, but this may change as the path is made clearer.

Overall, it was a very enjoyable evening. Hopefully the
daily press will pick up on CDTV, along with general inter-
est magazines. It deserves plenty of coverage. Congratula-
tions to Commodore for having the foresight to combine the
technologies of Infra-Red control, CD and Computer to
create a product that may yet revolutionise home entertain-
ment and education.

Andrew Farrell

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Audio Engineer
Junior

Aussie companies RamScan Soft-
ware and GSoft Pty. Ltd. have just an-
nounced the release of Audio Engineer
Junior, a premium quality Amiga sound
sampling and editing package. Derived
from their world renowned Audio Engi-
neer Plus, the Junior offers uncompro-
mising performance and ease of use. The
software supplied with the package is a
full featured version of the renowned Au-
dio Engineer package (sold overseas as
Audio Master III). The package features
56k sample rates, the ability to use all
available fast memory, extended audio
frequency response and electronic vol-
ume control. The result is performance
that is probably unrivaled by anything
other than the Audio Engineer Plus sys-
tem itself.

Most budget priced samplers promise
good performance but fail to deliver.
With Audio Engineer Junior you will not
be disappointed. Audio Engineer comes
bundled with a Compact Disk player
simulator program that can be used to re-
play up to 20 samples. Audio Engineer
Junior is available in most Amiga shops
now for about $99.00. Audio Engineer
Junior is distributed in Australia by
GSoft Pty. Ltd (08) 254 2261.

Prima Drives

Amiga hardware pioneer ICD Incor-
porated has launched the Prima, a low
cost, high performance hard drive de-
signed to fit 52 or 105 megabytes of stor-
age inside an Amiga 500. Built around
the new generation of low power, 11
millisecond 3 1/2 inch hard drives from
Quantum, the new Prima won't take up
limited desk space with bulky external
boxes or cabling.

Instead, Prima is specially designed
to fit inside your A500 - in place of the
internal floppy drive - and includes an
extra internal adapter, called the Shuffle-
Board, for converting your external flop-
py drive for use as DF0:

Along with being fully auto configur-
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System partitions, high speed disk
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Prima provides a complete hard drive
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power supply, at least one megabyte of
RAM and an external floppy drive.

ICD has been providing state of the
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GVP acquires
Lake Forest Logic

Great Valley Products has acquired
the entire product line of Lake Forest
Logic, Inc. of Lake Forest. They have al-
so appointed Lake Forest's Erik Quaken-
bush as director of software develop-
ment.

In making the announcement Gerard
Bucas, president of GVP, called the ac-
quisition "an exciting move that will al-
low GVP to develop lop-notch software
in-house." Long noted for its hardware,
GVP recently entered the software mar-
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tion rights of Scala, a professional ti-
tling/presentation software package.
Now with Lake Forest on board, GVP
will add The Disk Mechanic, ADA.P.T.
the 680x0 Assembler and Macro Paint to
its growing list of software titles.

Current owners of software formerly
published by Lake Forest Logic will re-
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BBS (215-337-5815) or via the tech sup-
port phone lines (215-337-8770).

Stand-alone Video
Toaster system

At the National Association of
Broadcasters show, NewTek launched a
stand-alone Video Toaster system. The
new $3,995 (U.S.) Video Toaster is a
complete solution for broadcast quality
video production at a revolutionary
price. "Our original plug-in card version
of the Toaster required that the user be
familiar with computers", comments

Continued on p6

UPDATE COLUMN

Well here another month has gone by
and I hope many of you took advantage
of the sales I mentioned to make enor-
mous savings. Well, in fact I know many
of you did by the number of Warranty
Cards that have been sent in. On that
point, can I please ask you to only send
in one Warranty Card as otherwise you
are simply wasting postage and the first
Warranty Card is sufficient to get you on
to the Update Club and give you a life-
time warranty on all your Pactronics
software.

Well, we have released DEMO
MAKER and it was an instant success,
we actually sold out completely at the
Amiga Show. We are getting some more
in and we are going to bundle these with
a new Companion Disk which has now
also been released for the DEMO MAK-
ER.

You may recall I told you the bad
news about the Cameron Scanners. Well
the good news is we have now released a
GOLDEN IMAGE HAND SCANNER
at only $399. This is an excellent black
& white hand scanner for graphics. It is
100-400 d.p.i. and die software can con-
vert into 16 grey scale.

Probably the biggest news of all is
the release of the AMOS COMPILER. I
know that it has been promised for a
long time but at last it is here. I once said
that without AMOS you really haven't
got an Amiga and now I must say that
without the compiler you really haven't
got AMOS!

NEW GAMES

Great new games just released for the
Amiga include: NINJA RABBITS, ED
THE DUCK, ZARATHRUSTA and
budget games such as HYPERFORCE,
AQUANAUT, STAR GOOSE, BAD
COMPANY, etc. etc. from only $12.95.
On C-64 we have new budget beaters @
$7.95, including such horrors as
FRANKENSTEIN, WOLFMAN, JACK
THE RIPPER, and many others and a
whole pile of S9.95 brilliant games, in-
cluding ROGUE TROOPER, NINJA
RABBITS, and ARDOK THE BAR-
BARIAN.

Remember, insist that your retailer
bring in our full range of great games ti-
tles. □

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Paul Montgomery, NewTek's Vice President, "This new Video
Toaster system in the flagship product we've been working to-
wards.

"It makes the complete Toaster system price less expensive
and opens up many new channels of distribution."

The Video Toaster system will begin shipping from
NewTek to resellers in June. At the launch, over 25 software
and hardware developers are announcing product for the new
Video Toaster platform.

"We are excited by the flood of high quality developers that
are working on innovative products for the Video Toaster",
says Mark Randall, Newtek's Director of Marketing. "The
Video Toaster is now clearly the standard for desktop video
production." The Toaster is already in use at television net-
works, local affiliate stations, video production houses, and ca-
ble companies.

The Video Toaster is the world's first desktop television
studio. It allows virtually anyone to produce videos that have
the effects and graphics quality of network television. The
Video Toaster's unprecedented price of $3,995 (U.S.) is made
possible by new technology invented at NewTek and incorpo-
rated into special custom chips that perform real-time video
manipulation. Over four years in development, the Video
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video switching, digital video effects, character generation,
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Although demonstrated at the recent World of Commodore
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and no plans appear to exist for such a device in the near future.

Virtual Reality Laboratories Inc
release Distant Suns 4

Distant Suns 4.0 is comprised of the program disk and two
data disks. The minimum program requires one meg and two
floppy drives (or a floppy and hard drive) to use. List price is
S99.95 (U.S.). Distant Suns 4.0 is not copy protected, and it
will automatically determine whether it is running on a PAL or
NTSC machine and display correctly. VRL1 will continue to
sell and support the Distant Suns 3.0 version which runs in
512K in the NTSC version (one meg PAL) at a reduced list
price of S49.95 (U.S.) while supplies last.

Distant Suns has undergone its most comprehensive up-
grade since its initial release in 1987 as Galileo version 1.0.
Here is a partial listing of some of its new features.

These features include AREXX support which could be
used for telescope control as well as the ability to create ANIM
files. Allows you to save and restore multiple user configura-
tions and has multiple resolution support (interlaced, overscan).
Double buffered screens together with toned down colours for
easier long session viewing, and the ability to put your eyepoint
off tire earth and look back at our solar system all the way out
to 400 astronomical units (40 AU = distance of Pluto's orbit).
This feature allows display of orbits, hairline grid representing
the plane of the ecliptic, object and orbit variations above or
below the ecliptic.

Features also comets and asteroids and the ability to define
user objects orbiting the sum. Useful for new comets, asteroids,
and deep space craft solar system trajectories (sorry, compound
trajectories are not available, although the user can teal trajec-
tory changes as a new object), and includes a user definable
search list.

More Stars! Basic program expanded from 2,200 stars to
4,200 stars. With soon to be available expansion disks you can
expand your star data to 255,000 stars.

Chip-RAM PLUS

MAST now has a 2MB Chip RAM board for the Amiga
2000 and the Amiga 500. Chip-RAM PLUS is user installable
and upgrades an Amiga 500 or A2000 to the same amount of
graphics memory as the Amiga 3000..

Workbench 2.0 automatically recognises this memory,
meaning that it is accessible by application software. Chip-
RAM PLUS is also an ideal companion for owners of Color-
burst who will benefit from the extra graphics RAM.

Chip-RAM PLUS includes the new Super Fat Agnus chip
that is used in the A3000, and also includes 2 megabytes of
memory on board. The memory chips used are 4 megabit
CMOS chips, and with only 4 chips it provides a very low
power unit. This memory replaces any chip memory already in
the computer. A significant power saving will be obtained if the
original chip memory on the motherboard is disableed or re-
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1991 World of Commodore
Show Report

The 12th of July saw the Amiga
"come of age" here in Australia. Serious
software and computer professionals
converged on Darling Harbour - a
"Beige-boxers" paradise!

There were a number of overseas vis-
itors and next year's show should see
many more making their way down un-
der to showcase their wares.

Commodore were happy with the
event, as over 30,000 people took the op-
portunity to visit the show. Although
Sunday was a little slow, and there was
room for more exhibitors, the atmo-
sphere was always busy. I managed to
leave our stand and check out the stands
and products, there were some real bar-
gains to be enjoyed. Rumour has it that
A590s were selling for less than most
specialist dealers can buy them for!

Australian Commodore
and Amiga Review

If you chanced to visit our own stand
you would have met up with myself or
some of our regular contributors. Both
ACAR and our new magazine, Profes-

The Show in a quiet period

by Andrew Farrell

sional Amiga User, sold well. In fact, ac-
cording to Commodore's own surveys,
the magazines proved to be the most
common means by which people had
found out about the show and seminars.

On display we had one of only two
Sanyo video projectors in the country,
projecting Amiga graphics onto a large
slide screen, including entries to our Art
'n Animation contest.

Video Camera Magazine

Just across the aisle. Video Camera
Magazine had rounded up a few notables
from the video industry, along with dis-
plays of their magazine and a range of
cameras from Hitachi. In one section Itek
Broadcast and Ace Edit, also trading as
Alpcrmann plus Vclte, displayed full
editing equipment for video production.
The Amiga was an integral part of the
system being used for both titles and
graphics.

The Alpermann and Velte gear is an
automatic editing machine. The system
displayed would be ideal for semi-
professional wedding videos, home or
fully professional time coded pro-
ductions.

To get from the Amiga to tape
several different genlocks were dis-
played. The VC1 and VC2 are from
G2 Systems (in the UK) and both
are software controllable. There
were also the home grown Neriki
genlocks from around SHOO - both
the desktop and professional mod-
els.

Top of the line, but not on dis-
play, is the VideoCentre 3 or the
Broadcast genlock, which is an ex-
pensive unit, but it's for broadcast-
ers or high end production unit
places which have YUV RGB com-
ponent mixers. For more informa-
tion ring Itek on (02) 488 7133 and
ask for Craig.

Newtek Video Toaster

In another comer of the stand
was the amazing Newtek Video
Toaster. Most amazing of all is the

fact they seem content right now to stay
with the NTSC version. In the covered
display there was an array of five Amiga
monitors, four Amigas, various and as-
sorted editing gear and two projectors
throwing images onto the wall. The
Toaster is one impressive piece of gear -
we watched in awe as the guys demon-
strated a few Star Trek style "beam me
up Scotty" effects, all at the press of a
Newtek gadget.

Application lane

The next main section of the exhibit
housed a number of application exam-
ples of the Amiga. Emmanual Steffano
and David Boddy had a demo reel run-
ning with all the usual fancy Videoscape
animations of Canberra's parliament
house. Platypus Systems showed off an
irrigation control system which uses the
Amiga. Morris Information Systems
were there as well with their betting soft-
ware.

MRVP Australasia showed a smart
teleprompting system. King Security
showed how they capture images for
putting mug shots on security cards us-
ing the Amiga and along with various
alarm systems.

Right next to them was Professional
Users Group, Professional Amigo. They
are promoting desktop publishing appli-
cations of the Amiga as a complete sin-
gle system solution. A smart idea which
I hope takes off.

User Groups

The Australian Amiga Users Associ-
ation was a very busy stand with lots of
photos of their recent show on the wall.
Next to them was the Eastern Suburbs
Users Group.

CHUGG ECA, which is the Tugger-
ah Lakes Commodore Users Group, had
an array of little gadgets and extra bits
and pieces such as showpacks, badges
and T-shirts. All the user groups reported
plenty of interest and lots of new mem-
bers.

Commercial
Productions of Australia

This stand managed to steal a lot of
attention with a blaring animation video
tightly edited with plenty of music and
even a couple of flashing lights. The
crowds seemed to enjoy the show, al-

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Show Report

Gary Mason: anxious moments
with CDTV & the video wall

though we're still trying to work out just
how much of what we saw was actually
produced on the Amiga. Nevertheless,
these guys seem to be doing some really
interesting stuff with 24 bit animation
which we hope to sec lots more of soon.

LCD.

A large range of products including a
Flicker Fixer for the A500 and a simple
accelerator card were demonstrated on
the ICD stand. However, the biggest at-
traction was a smooth frame-grabbed se-
quence from the movie Star Wars.
Screaming along at 25 frames per sec-
ond, viewers watched as the video im-
ages pumped into the Amiga courtesy of
ICD's AdSCSI drive controller and a
very large storage device, complete with
soundtrack.

M.A.S.T.

Optical drives, hard drives, re-

movable hard drives, memory and of
course Colorburst, which unfortunately
was not available at the show, were all
on display. M.A.S.T. seemed very busy
all weekend, with lots of interest in the
many 24 bit images which were being
displayed. (Of course, if you wanted to
actually see a 24 bit animation pro-
duced using Colorburst you would have
had to come to the Commodore Review
stand where one of the Art 'n Anima-
tion contest entries on video tape was
being projected!)

Browsing around

Just behind MAST was the Impact
Camera House who are doing interesting
things with the Amiga and cameras -
framegrabbing images from slide di-
rectly into the Amiga. They were using
the Progressive Peripherals Framegrab-
ber.

Behind them the Miracle piano key-
board was being demonstrated at the
Mindscape stand. Unfortunately only on
PC - the Amiga version should be
available later this year.

Directly behind their stand was
Desktop Utilities, with their range of
publishing related products from people
like ASDG and Sharp. The Animation
Network was there representing amateur
artists and animators. Watch for a full
story on them soon.

Free Spirit Software were busy clear-
ing out a lot of older titles. They had sev-
eral new releases, some of which ap-
peared a bit saucy, including the rather
amazing Sex Olympics - another Brad
Stallion adventure game with a scantily
clad woman on the front. At the stand
was one of our old C128 columnists,
Harry Waterworth, whose company, Bri-
wall Australia, distributes Free Spirit
Software.

New Horizons demonstrated interest
in the local market - keeping busy show-
ing off ProWrite and their new release,
DesignWorks. A new
version of Flow is ex-
pected soon, and they
also mentioned we
can look forward to
Postscript support in-
side a future release
of ProWrite.

Megatronics and
DKB Software

Graphics from artists throughout Australia

Gail Wellington demonstrates CDTV

demonstrated the McgaChip 2000, which
gives you two megabytes of CHIP RAM.
They also have a range of memory de-
vices and drive controllers along with
some neat looking Amiga carry bags for
moving equipment around.

Vortex Computer System were
demonstrating their AT emulator. Right
next door was Merit Software. They
have a number of educational games and
a few CDTV titles including Classic
Board Games.

Digital Micronics showed off a new
1280 x 1024 display adaptor which un-
fortunately isn't supported by a lot of
products yet but can be used to display
images in 256 colours. The results
looked very' impressive - some people
even thought it was a 24 bit board. Gold
Disk and several CAD software publish-
ers are updating their software to support
the board.

Pactronics showed us just what a
WordWonh is (see review in this issue).
They also showed off a great new pack-
age called Demomaker and of course
their famous Vidi Amiga frame grabber.
Pactronics are now shipping the new
Amos Compiler also!

James Cook University

James Cook University demonstrated
JCUMetSat, a satellite imaging system.
Megadisc shared a booth with Phoenix
and Left Side Software's Jonathan Pot-
ter. Phoenix had a few A1000 add ons
available along with the Mega Midget
Racer, DynaCAD and Flicker Filter. Left
Side Software's new professional ver-
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Greg Perry showed off the latest GPTerm and AmigaNET
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his Maestro fax/modem driver, which means we can all have
fax facilities on the Amiga - soon!

Commodore

The largest stand at the show belonged to Commodore.
From the front, entrants had glimpses of their marvelous video
wall. On screen. Commodore showed television ads (which we
had all seen a dozen times) and a very impressive demo reel of
Showmaker. Unfortunately, Showmaker's local distributor /
publisher (Dataflow and Gold Disk) did not seem to be at the
show.

The display area was divided up into a series of smaller
booths representing the environment in which we could look
forward to finding a typical Amiga application. CDTV dis-
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couple of PCs, Amiga 3000s and some 2000s and a kids' room
fullofA500s.

The two Phils ran Bars and Pipes Professional through its
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Sciences showed the Amiga in research and handed out course
information.

There was one Amiga showing Unix, a Sharp QA1000
VGA LCD projector working off the A3000 - the results being
just acceptable - for the money I would buy a full video pro-
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Don Sforcena (Color Computer Systems) was there
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and ray-tracing software.

Seminars

One of the main attractions to help make the $9 entry fee
more palatable was the free seminars. Many of them were very
good, some were plain uninformative, others were very enter-
taining. A worthwhile inclusion which we can expect to see
more of next year. The CDTV demonstration proved very pop-
ular, although not many were actually sold at the show.

Overall

If I have missed some people, my apologies, but there was
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Commodore were happy, and most of the exhibitors said
they would be back next year. At 30,000 people, the Aus-
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What's a Wordworth Anyway?

Just when you thought you were all WYSIWYG'ed out, a new
entry to the fray of heavy duty graphic interfaces has turned up.
Wordworth looks great for a first release. Andrew Farrell,
wordprocessing guru, examines the package.

Between ProWriie, Pen Pal and Ex-
cellence it looked like the WYSIWYG
market had stabilised. Not so. Although
offering some fine features, the big three
previously available WYSIWYG word-
processors still compromised on key fea-
tures. Enter Wordworth. A slick new
package which for a version 1.0 release
stands up well to all the current choices.

Inside the bookshelf box you'll find
three disks, a 266 page ring-bound man-
ual and quick-reference card. A function
key guide on a sticker may be cut out
and placed near the relevant keys. Instal-
lation is a snack. There are no external
assigns to worry about.

Up and running

On screen, Wordworth looks every
bit like a true Workbench 2.0 applica-
tion. System menus, including pull down
functions and requestors, all sport some
sort of fancy font. This help makes
things more readable, however on occa-
sion the menus seemed to become a little
confused with some letters overlapping
others.

The display may be interlaced if you
desire (flicker fixer recommended) and
the number of colours can be changed
even whilst you're in the program. There
are a number of preset palettes too.
Overall, I found I was able to make
Wordworth look just the way I wanted -
well, almost.

Like all of these programs, the tough-
est thing always seems to be finding a
font that not only looks good and is
readable on the screen but also prints
correctly. As usual, I found the default
fonts for correct handling of in-built
printer fonts to be loo small for continu-
ous on screen use. So, I reverted to using
15 point Times for entering text, and
then once it was corrected, spell-checked
and edited, reverting back to the propor-

tionally correct font. This is a fairly sim-
ple process.

Incidentally, Wordworth can be ad-
justed to correctly display WYSIWYG
representations of both 60 and 80 DPI
output. It will not properly handle laser-
jet as yet, although there is some support
in this area. They tell us postscript output
is also on the way. I wait in earnest. New
Horizons are also busy adding postscript
to ProWriie 3.0. Excellence enjoys this
feature now, but it is rather tricky to get
working reliably.

Editing and formatting

Editing speed is great as are the range
of editing keys and functions. Word-
worth actually supports the Home, End,
PgUp and PgDn keys too. There are
icons to handle such things as line spac-
ing, justification, font and colour selec-
tion, margins and tabs. There is a very
strong set of keyboard short-cuts. Many
of the pull-down menus cause pop- up ra-
dio button menus to appear. A very
pleasing interface which you can zoom
around after just a few minutes explo-
ration.

Extensive control over page format-
ting is offered including all margins,
headers and footers. There is no footnote
facility. Paragraphs can be formatted in-
dividually including justification, inden-
tation, TABs, line spacing and space be-
fore and after a paragraph. Certainly a lot
more fancy than most wordprocessors
and even up there with some of the belter
desktop publishing programs. There is
no support for multiple columns at the
moment - this too is a planned addition
in a coming release.

Wordworth supports standard Amiga
typefaces as well as colour fonts for
which you'll need the ColourFonts pro-
gram included with Deluxe Paint. The
main menu to select a font is a pop up re-

questor which shows the font name,
drawer, point size and tracking (charac-
ter spacing). You can enter any point
size, however only Workbench 2.0 will
guarantee a smooth rendition of the type-
face - earlier versions are limited to those
sizes available or chunky versions of
scaled sizes. (Full support for outline
fonts has been added to Workbench 2.0
which is now ready to ship!) Styles
available include the usual bold, italic
and underline. There is also support for
super and subscript.

Graphics

When it comes to including IFF im-
ages, Wordworth scores very well. The
place picture option will import any stan-
dard Amiga IFF graphic in any resolu-
tion or size from 2 to 64 colours, HAM
or Extra Half Brite. HAM images are
converted to 64 colour Extra Half Brite.
The current palette can be altered to re-
flect the graphics palette (colours 4-16 of
the current palette arc adjusted to reflect
the most used colours in the graphic), or
the palette of the imported graphic can
be adjusted to best match the current set-
tings. Wordworth handles this process
quiet well, be it with a short delay whilst
all the necessary calculations take place.

Text can be made to flow around the
graphic to the left or right. If colour is
selected to be transparent you can also
have contoured text flow around the im-
age. You can resize the image using sim-
ple drag handles. Holding the shift key
as you drag will maintain the correct as-
pect ratio. A double click on the image
brings up a useful picture options menu
much like any good desktop publishing
program.

Output

Apart from the standard NLQ or draft
mode, graphic mode provides support for
the Amiga fonts and graphics. Word-
worth comes with special fonts to cor-
rectly represent the NLQ fonts on screen
in true WYSIWYG form. There is also a
special output mode known as Ultraprint.
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alternative to a similar feature
provided by Kind-Words 2.0.

NLQ and Amiga graphics
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two pass function. The output
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usual preference settings
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the printer in a graphic print mode.

The catch is any font used must be
available in either double or quadruple
si/.e to use this option. For example an 8
point Times font printed in Ultraprint
High (double) would require Times 16
point to be available before the docu-
ment could print. In Ultraprint Super

"Smart" Features

Wordworth has a number
of features which overcome
several long standing prob-
lems with these types of
wordproccssors. If this is an
upgrade you're probably first
concerned with converting
your old format files across
to Wordworth. This is han-
dled elegantly by the docu-
ment format menu which of-
fers compatability with
ASCII, ProWrite, WordPer-
fect, IFF Text (such as Kind-
words) and Protext.

Another favourite Word-
worth overcomes is the fact
that some printers are only
60 DPI. This normally
means you can look forward
to 1/4 of the screen not print-
ing correctly if at all. How-
ever, Wordworth offers a
choice between print resolu-
tions of 60 or 80 DPI and ad-
justs the screen display ac-
cordingly. I wonder how
they will handle 300 DPI
printers correctly.

Occasional system crashes can be
thwarted with Wordworth' s auto-save
option. You can set the amount of time
between saves. The save function creates
a backup before replacing the existing
file enabling you to revert back to an ear-
lier version of your file.

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and medical supplements. However, it's
very easy to add words to the dictionary.
When a word is queried you have the op-
tion to edit it. replace it from the near-
match listing of words, ignore it or add
the word to the user dictionary. This dic-
tionary is automatically updated and
reloaded each time you run Wordworth.
The spell-checker can work as you type -
although this requires a hard disk or
copying the dictionary to RAM. Spelling
suggestions are based on both phonetic
spellings and common mis-spellings. I
found the dictionary was a very useful
function, especially once it contained my
commonly used computer terms.

There is also a good thesaurus and
document analysis. You can also create a
glossary of commonly used terms or
phrases which are then quickly accessi-
ble from a pop up menu. Wordworth
handles hyphenation quite well. It even
has a smart speech option to read por-
tions of text or read as you type. There's
full control over the synthesiser. Under
Workbench 2.0 it sound great!

Conclusion

Wordworth is a functional well
thought out package that will no doubt
become the standard by which others are
judged. Although suffering from the usu-
al confusing WYSIWYG problems of.
font sizes and line spacing, once you
have correctly configured your page,
fonts and printer preferences all should
be well. The documentation is of a very
high standard. If all the promised addi-
tions arrive as scheduled Wordworth will
go on to stake a large claim in the high
end Amiga wordprocessing market. Top
points for look and feel. A very useful
spell checker, combined with a number
of smart features make this one a desir-
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Getting into Desktop Video with

Alter Image

No longer does the video enthusiast
have to dream about the wondrous mas-
terpieces possible il" only you could af-
ford a genlock. In the last couple of
years we have seen three which have
cost less than SI 000.

First there was Dave Thompsons
Ausgen at around $600 and more re-
cently I reviewed the ROCGEN which
currently retails at less than $300. Now
we have the Alter Image Genlock by The
Disk Company retailing at around $749.
Incidentally Matrix inform me that they
have fixed the problems with the Roc-
Gen I found - so it should now represent
a great buy.

Installation

Have you ever got caught up in that
party game where you unwrap the parcel
layer by layer and eventually find that
the prize is one tenth the size of the orig-
inal package. Well that is what I felt like.
I was presented with this large package
which conjured up visions of lots of
goodies inside and instead I found lots of
wasted space and packing and eventually
the promised items.

The actual genlock is only 120 x 56 x
38 mm with a 23 pin connector at each
end. to suit your monitor, and two RCA
connectors for video in and out. A three
way manual toggle switch is used to se-

lect the monitor viewing modes (video
only, graphics only and mixed). A very
compact unit indeed but I worry about its
weight hanging off the monitor output
connector. I would suggest some support
under it to protect the motherboard con-
nections.

No longer does the video

enthusiast

have to dream about the

wondrous masterpieces possible

if only you could afford a

genlock. In the last couple of

years we have seen three which

have cost less than $1000!

Apart from the genlock itself there
are two program disks (Afterimage and
Fusion Paint), one font and one clip art
disk and two manuals. A rather thin
booklet tells you how to connect up the
genlock system. The other is the operat-
ing manual which is fairly comprehen-
sive with tutorials to get you going both
with the genlock and with Fusion Paint
which is included in the package to help
in art work.

In addition, and I must congratulate
the Disk Company on the excellent 15
minute instructional video on genlocking
to supplement the manuals. It takes you

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through setting up the hardware and pro-
ducing titling step by step. It's a pity
more software houses don't do this to
help you learn how to use some of the
more complex programs on the market
today.

If videos like these were available for
viewing before buying there may be less
dissatisfied customers as they would
know what they were getting. There may
also be less piracy if people already
knew the program would not do what
they wanted.

The included Alter Image program is
intended for use with the genlock sup-
plied but just for curiosity I tested some
other titling programs with this genlock
quite succesfully. The only problem I did
find was an instability of the screen dis-
play on my A2500 without any video in-
put but this is fairly normal when work-
ing with genlocks without any sync to
lock onto.

The Alter Image program is self
booting and can be used from the floppy
or be installed on a hard disk by clicking
on an install icon after a normal boot and
then adding two lines to the startup se-
quence. I may be getting into hot water
here but. while the Alter Image genlock
is said to work with all versions of Ami-
gas, there may be some reservations in
certain configurations with software
mode switching but more about this lat-
er.

It is a fairly basic program which is
easy to use, just point and click on the
tool box or control panel as it is called at
the bottom of the screen and away you
go. The tool icons are fairly standard and
easy to recognised after a short familiari-
sation run through them and the control
panel is toggled with a click of the right
mouse button.

On opening you are told to expect
some instability of the screen until the
video source is started up and running. In
actual fact, normal practice in video gen-
locking requires you to first start up the

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video sync source then the genlock be-
fore starting the Amiga to allow the
Amiga to lock on to the video sync. This
is always a good routine to get into.

Operation

To enter your text you are given the
choice of a number of fonts specially
made for Alter Image. No other fonts
will be accepted which is rather limiting.
The fonts you select are loaded into
RAM and remain there until removed. It
is possible to select any one of eight ad-
justable colours for the fonts but you can
not play around with shadows, outlines
etc. as these are fixed for the font you se-
lect.

Centre, left or right justification of
text in each line is set by clicking on the
appropriate button. If want another page
or you are not happy with the old one it
is just a matter of clicking a button
again. As I said very easy to use every
thing is just a matter of clicking on the
mouse button except for typing in the
text.

The Graphics Box Button allows you
to create many graphic elements such as
boxes, rules, frames, colour backgrounds
and combinations of all these.

It is possible to use this facility to
create a contrasting colour box as a
background to your text but the box is
constrained to 200 lines vertically. This
constraint applies to all graphics that you
draw or import. One very handy feature
though is the Delete Graphics Button
which allows you to remove the graphic
whilst leaving the text intact if you want
to change your mind.

The graphics can be imported from
the included Fusion Paint or any other
Paint program provided the format is Hi-
Res and IFF, but not HAM. Also, re-
member the 200 line constraint when
producing graphics.

Each page can be given its own tran-
sition by selecting the FX button which
opens up another control panel on which
are displayed the various transitions.
Horizontal and vertical scrolls are pro-
vided along with "Teletype" which lays
the letters down, left to right, just as you
would read them.

Other transitions allow wipes, cross
reveals, shrinking square, expanding
square, closing and opening doors,
blinds, checkerboard and diagonal

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changes to the
screen. They are
fairly basic but
effective, after
all this is not in-
tended for use in
a professional
studio but for
home use. The
speed and dwell
are adjustable
for each page to
suit your needs.
The script which
controls the

pages you create
can be saved to disk for later use.

When you have completed your
script you are advised to add a blank
page at the end for control purposes. I
found I needed two blanks otherwise I
was suddenly confronted with my con-
trol panel back on screen when there
should have been nothing but video.

So, you have created your tiling or
credits and now you want do something
with them. Well it is possible to view in-
dividual pages as you did when setting
them up. The current page number is dis-
played in the control bar and by using
the appropriate buttons you can step
through the pages holding on the blank
to avoid the return of the control, panel.

Problems

Now this could be where I get into
trouble but I say it as I see it. The soft-
ware provides for mouse control of the
genlock on any Amiga model as to
whether you see just video or Amiga
graphics or the combined video and
graphics by clicking on the appropriate
button on the control panel. This is a
very useful feature if you get it to work.

There was no way I could get this to
happen on my A2500, I could only
switch manually on the genlock itself. I
must say here that manual switching was
flawless and gave no problems except
for the need to keep reaching around the
back of my computer to switch modes.
In all fairness the problem may be with
the configuration of my system.

It was suggested that the software did
not like my hard disk (GVP controller
and Quantum Drive) but switching out
the hard disk brought no changes. Each
time I attempted to view only video or

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Amiga graphics the control panel kept
flickering on and off. The mixed display
was always perfect but not the other
modes. I even switched out the accelera-
tor without any improvement.

I am reliably informed that the sys-
tem does work properly on Amiga 500s
around which I suspect it was designed
judging by the handbook illustrations. It
is worth noting here that the manual does
indicate the possibility of a problem with
A590 hard drives but gives a fix to get
around the problem. It is also quite pos-
sible that it will work well on other Ami-
gas but make sure it works on your con-
figuration before buying.

Generally though it is a good system
for the home video enthusiast. It will
give quite effective titles with or without
graphics. I would like to see the ability
to use fonts other than the Alter Image
ones and it would be nice to be able to
fade the graphics in or out. Remember
too that the genlock itself can be used
with other titling programs with manual
switching.

Fusion Paint

Fusion Paint is quite a versatile pro-
gram but not in the same class as DPaint
or DigiPaint. However it does have
some different features and it is adequate
for producing simple but effective graph-
ics for use in titling home videos. It cer-
tainly is not as user friendly to the first
time user as is DPaint.

The icons in the tool panel do not al-
ways indicate clearly what they are used
for. In addition many functions only pop
up as a secondary toolbox after you have
clicked on and selected a main function
tool. As an example, clicking on the

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freehand drawing icons opens a sec-
ondary toolbox which allows you to se-
lect from freehand, straight line and
straight line horizontal or vertical con-
strained only.

The boxes and circle tools have simi-
lar multiple selections so the problem
initially is to find where the various
functions hide. I know it took me half an
hour to find out how to clear the screen
and then I only found it by reading the
handbook. Still I suppose that is what we
are supposed to do but how many of us
read the manual first.

All the usual tools are there, free-
hand, boxes, circles, airbrush, brush
(cuts), cut (for clip art), fill, effects
(brush selection and manipulation), text,
fonts, magnify, erase, palette and printer.
As I said multiple secondary level selec-
tions become available on selection of
these tools.

It does have some unusual features.
Initial screen size is 600 x 400, probably
to suit the genlock, and thus you have
portions of the screen outside the view-

ing area. Clicking F10 removes the tool-
box but you cannot draw without it.
Overscan is also supported but you can-
not reach drawing tools to select them.
The arrow keys are used to scroll the
screen around and the return key to cen-
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to magnify the immediate cursor area by
holding down the right mouse button.
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appears below the toolbox. Using the
shift key during rubber band drawing of
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them to be dragged to selected new loca-
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a single toggle effect as in DPaint and
others, it can step back as many levels as
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C64

RAMIink

Interface for the C64/128

After many months of promises,
CMD have finally released RAMIink, a
mulli function compatibility interface for
the C64/128. So what exactly is a "multi
function compatibility interface" ?

First and foremost it is a device that
enables those of us that have a RAM ex-
pander such as GEOram, or Com-
modore's 1764/1750 REU to finally
make use of this extra memory. It can al-
so be considered as an REU in its own
right. For those of us that are fortunate
enough to own a CMD hard drive it
gives us the ability to use the higher
speed parallel data transfer.

Ever since the CMD hard drives were
released there has been a "minor war"
between CMD owners and Lt.Kemal
hard drive owners. Both hard drives have
their advantages and of course their dis-
advantages, the main point in contention
appears to be speed. The Lt.Kemal
which uses a parallel connection as stan-
dard is a lot faster than the CMD which
uses a serial interface. As an example a
202 block program will load on the
Lt.Kemal in just under two seconds,
whereas it takes about 8 seconds to load
the same program from a CMD HD with
its serial interface. When using a parallel
cable between the RAMIink and the
CMD HD the speeds are very compara-
ble. The same 202 block progRAM loads
in less than two seconds.

This is all very well, but quite frankly
because programs load so fast anyway
(compared to a 1541 drive with no fast
loader) I find that the few second time
difference is negligible. I could and
would not recommend that a CMD HD
owner buy the RAMIink purely for the
parallel interface.

Using Georam

The next thing I will tackle is RAM-
link's ability to make use of GEORAM
and the 1764/1750 REITs. I have no
doubt that there arc many of us that have
a RAM expander of some sort, and we
would all agree that for the amount of
money that it has cost us to purchase the-

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se units they get very little use. Geo-
RAM owners are probably the worst af-
fected since these REU's can only be
used with GEOS. 1764/50 owners are
slighdy better off in that for the C64
there are about four programs that sup-
port their use, and C128 owners are even
more better off in that there are maybe a
dozen or so programs that we can use.

OK so I admit that 1764/50 owners
can use RAMDOS and use the REU as a
ramdrive, but I am sure that most of you
would have to agree this is often more
trouble than it is worth, the moment you
do a reset or power down all contents of
RAM are lost.

The solution is RAMIink. I don't
wish to sound like a salesman, but if you
own a GEORAM or 1764/50 REU then
this unit is a must because without it you
will have some rather expensive RAM
just silting around doing nothing. RAM-
link is a device that will allow you to use
your existing REU in a fully functional
manner.

Power Up

Upon initial power up RAMIink will
check for any additional memory, either
internal or external, and format itself as
another disk drivc(s). Thereafter you
may copy files to this "disk drive" and
access them as if they were on a normal
floppy disk, with of course the exception
of speed.

Loading from RAM is fast. Those of
us that have used RAMDOS with our
1750's would be aware of its limitations,
namely if the computer crashes (for any
reason) and you do a reset then not only
do you lose all data stored in RAM, but
you have to reload RAMDOS and start
again. To make matters worse RAMDOS
is usually unsuitable for use with multi-
part programs that load subsequent parts
from drive #8, and finally those of us
with a CI 28 often have the need to swap
between 64+128 modes for various rea-
sons, with RAMDOS the data stored un-
der C64 Ramdos isn't accessible from
128 Ramdos and vice-versa. RAMLink

overcomes ALL of these limitations, and
more.

Available RAM

As a storage device the RAMIink op-
erates in a very similar manner to
CMD's hard drives. It allows any
available RAM to be used in several
ways and various partition types, as such
you can use its entire memory as a nor-
mal but large capacity disk drive (approx
2000 blocks free with a 512k REU).
Users of Ramdos will notice a reduction
in available memory when using RAM-
Link as RAMIink uses some of the
memory for its own operation.

The RAM can also be arranged to
emulate the 1541/71/81 disk drives,
however due to insufficient memory I
have been unable to use the 1581 emula-
tion. You are not limited to a single emu-
lation mode, with enough spare RAM
you can mix modes by using various par-
titions (up to 31 partitions arc available).
With my limitation of only having 512k
of RAM I am able to set up two 1541
partitions and can operate the unit with
those programs that support dual drives,
or I can simply have different applica-
tions on each "drive".

Data stored using RAMIink is what I
call "semi-permanent", as long as you
keep power to RAMIink the data remains
intact. RAMIink has its own power sup-
ply and ideally should be plugged into a
socket that is permanently turned on.

Its power consumption is minimal,
and should you happen to lose this pow-
er (either accidentally or simply to trans-
port RAMIink to another loca-
tion/computer, it has a battery back-up
(optional) that will hold the RAM con-
tents from several hours to a day or so,
depending on the amount of RAM
available. I have removed mains power
from my unit on several occasions and
have never had any problems with data
becoming corrupted.

RAMIink comes with its own Jiffy-
Dos routines (and DOS wedge) so those
of you without Jiffy Dos would be able to
quite cheaply gel fast disk speeds from
your 1541 drive simply by installing a
new drive Kernal chip. Those of us thai
already have JiffyDos must Disable it
when using RAMIink because it causes
some strange problems. The RAMIink
Jiffydos works in exactly the same way
as the normal JiffyDos, but I have no-

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ticed that some programs that would not load using "normal"
JiffyDos load okay with the RAMlink Version.

Accessing different drives with the JiffyDos routines is a
breeze and only requires one or two keypresses (no more messy
open commands).

Although RAMlink plugs into the cartridge port it does not
tie the port up as it has a feedthru slot so you can still use other
cartridges with it. CMD make no claims that all cartridges will
work in this manner, but I have tried Swiftlink, Action Replay
V and Final Cartridge 3. The only times I seemed to have prob-
lems is when I attempt to use the cartridge fastload routines in
conjunction with the RAMlink's JiffyDos routines, which I
suppose is understandable.

RAMlink is a very sturdy device (no plastic here), it has
two toggle switches (badly placed in my opinion) that enable
you to disable/enable RAMlink and to control how external
RAM is connected (either normal for RAMlink use or direct for
use with programs that support the REU in its usual way). It
has three membrane type push buttons for RESET, SWAP 8,
SWAP 9. The reset is obvious, the swap buttons are a very
powerful feature that enables you to swap the RAMlink with
either drive 8 or 9 in the same way as the CMD hard drives. As
I program in my review on the hard drive this is possibly one of
the most useful features available as it allows the RAMlink
(HD) to be used with almost every type of application.

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own memory it is possible to have up to 16 Megs (yes 16
megs) of RAM on a C64, something unheard of until RAMlink
came along. I would assume that the internal RAM would work
just as well as with an REU.

I would suggest that if you don't already own an REU, but
are thinking of getting one, then seriously consider purchasing
RAMlink with internal memory instead, as it would be proba-
bly give you more value per SS$, however you won't be able to
use the RAM with programs written with the 1750 in mind.

Compatibility

The only compatibility problems that I've had are with with
some copy protected programs, the RAMlink is as compatable
(and functional) as CMD's hard drives. I have found I can use
most of my programs without any problem - at the moment the
most notable exception is GEOS. RAMlink does not support
GEOS without the use of CMD's Gateway program (an alterna-
tive/improved version of Desktop). At the time I got my RAM-
link the Gateway program wasn't available, but I understand
that it has now been released. I am unsure whether Gateway
will be supplied with RAMlink as a matter of course, but with
my unit I got a registration card entitling me to a copy for the
cost of postage, I am currently awaiting its arrival.

RAMlink comes with a single utility disk with programs to
customise your preferred settings, make auto boot files etc. The
manual is very comprehensive, in fact it is almost a duplicate of
the hard drive manual, which is understandable since many of
RAMlink's operations are identical to the HD. (This unit could
be a "cheap" way for people to actually experience what the
CMD HD's are like.)

Summary

In conclusion I would say that this unit is a definite MUST
if you have an REU. It would be a worthwhile alternative for
those of you contemplating buying an REU. The unit is robust,
appears reliable, and truly is a "multi purpose interface" that is
packed with features.

Since this unit is a "one of a kind" it is impossible to com-
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Amiga

Keeping Track

Ever had that sinking feeling that you have forgotten something impor-
tant like a business appointment or an anniversary? George Kimpton
guides us through a range of programs designed to help you keep track.

How often have you experienced that
pregnant silence when someone near and
dear says "Darling, do you know what
today is?" or the boss threatens to use
your head for a drum because you forgot
about an important client. The sinking
feeling in the pit of your stomach at the
approaching disaster can be mind-
numbing to say the least.

Younger readers out there will proba-
bly wonder what I am on about, but your
turn will come soon enough. Our whole
life revolves around time and remember-
ing. Unfortunately when you become to-
tally absorbed in whatever you are do-
ing, like us computer nuts, it slips by fast
and silently. The enjoyment of the mo-
ment can often cloud out the memory of
what you should remember to do.

Well there is hope for us yet. Our Ed-
itor, with a gleam in his eye, suggested
that I do a comparison of Diary pro-
grams. I'm still wondering whether it
was a subtle hint to not be so late with
my deadlines for the magazine in future.

Let's see what we can find. To my
knowledge there are two commercial
programs available, they are Who! What!
When! Where! and Day By Day. A pe-
rusal of the Fish Disks also brought to
light three PD programs, they are Nag,
Badger and DTC.

There will also be a new one from
Mike (TUP) Hansel of KDV (the virus

killer) fame on the market soon and it
looks good so keep a eye open for it.
Looking at an early version it would ap-
pear to be more versatile and more of a
database than Who! What! When!
Where!

Each approaches the problem in a
different way but the basic plan is to
flash up a message on the screen and
find a way to remind you of important
happenings. Some offer Hashing lights.
others include sound effects or the voice
of Amiga. Speaking of NAG, one won-
ders whether the developer had a nag-
ging mother -in-law as he clearly states
that unlike your mother-in-law it can be
silenced. Well let's look at the commer-
cials first and then compare them to the
cheaper Public Domain offerings.

Day By Day

Publisher.Digita

From:Pactronics 02 748 4700

RRP $59.95

Day-by-Day comes as a single disk
(VI. 2) with no special system require-
ments, although I found the program is
best used with a hard disk as is the case
with all these diaries.

You are provided with full calen-
dar/diary/planner facilities. Messages
can be grouped in categories such as
'Urgent'. "Overdue" or "Club Meetings'
for easy access. You can select to have

advance warning of a single appointment
or event. You may also have repetitive
reminders of regular events. Day, week
and month planner facilities with a picto-
rial chart summary at a glance. A search
facility is also provided for those forgot-
ten anniversaries or appointments. No
sign of the demo program mentioned in
the manual, which incidentally does cov-
er program operation adequately.

The program opens with a request to
confirm date which will be correct with a
battery backup clock. Next comes 'Ur-
gent'. 'Overdue' then 'This Week' mes-
sage category screens followed by the
Main Menu where it is possible to set up
and edit messages. Operation of this
screen is by either mouse or hotkey
which automatically moves to the appro-
priate screen.

Here you can choose a number of
ways to find, categorise, modify or enter
the messages already existing or new
messages. You can also select various
information options such as appointment
duration, times and/or range (Daily/
Weekly) to make it easier to assess free
time etc.

The planners are good, laying out the
day graphically so that everything can be
seen at a glance. The monthly planner
unfortunately only shows full or half
days. Lesser times are blank and. mis-
leadingly. apparently non-existent. An-
other quirk of the monthly planner is thai
on a typical calendar display the morning
indicator is placed above the date with
the afternoon below. It can be confusing
at first glance as to which day the morn-
ing's appointment applies to.

The message display shows Date.
Time. Afternoon or Morning and Mes-

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sage. Provision is made to Update, Add,
Delete, Move, Change Categories or Ex-
it.

Quite a useful program - no informa-
tion on hard disk installation. This pro-
gram does not automatically remind you
of appointments, but must be deliber-
ately accessed by the operator each time.
For those in the know it may be possible
to modify the startup sequence to auto-
matically bring up the first screen on
boot up.

Who! What! When! Where!
Publisher:Blue Ribbon Bakery
From :Dataf low 02 331 6153
RRP $79.95

A very useful little program that is
now residing on my hard disk. It is both
a reminder, a diary and a database. In the
database it contains names, addresses,
phone numbers, grouping data (clubs, in-
terests, etc.) and notes on the person or
company. It also has an alarm clock fa-
cility that uses selected sounds and/or a
voice message to wake you up.

On opening, the first database screen
pops up with a brief listing down the side
of people, clients, companies etc. A click
on a name brings that data screen to the
front. From here it is possible to check
appointments, set an alarm clock, print
out address labels or any other informa-
tion, dial up the person if you have a mo-
dem connected, check the calendar, ar-
range appointment reminders and fre-
quency etc.

It is also possible to set up reminders
lbr appointments or things to do not re-
lated to the database. Provision is made
for more than one person to share the
database and reminders, with each per-
son "owning" and accessing his or her
database. Security is by password if you
wish and you can choose to share data or
not as you please with other users.

Operation is by mouse. First time in-
stallation is simple, click on the Ikon and
answer the questions. The appropriate
files are installed and the startup se-
quence is modified to make startup auto-
matic. Nothing could be easier.

Pros and cons: It does automatically
provide a visual and sound reminder of
appointments or things to do on boot up
but once only. However it will not re-
mind you of what you should have done
yesterday when you did not boot up. To
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or appointment lists.

Clicking on a date on the calendar
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day for checking or modification. Old
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The clock alarm can be either a spo-
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data later without using cursor keys.
Priming out data would get around this.
Auto dialing of numbers from the
database could be useful too.

Public Domain Programs

NAG. V1.6.
Fish Disk 161

An endearing Shareware program
that provides both visual and audible re-
minders for current items after boot up
with a visual reminder only on boot up
for missed events. The voice option is
the internal "Say" program and speaks
the message you type in. Once triggered
it repeals at 30 second intervals until you
acknowledge, hence the name Nag.

Installation is automatic but it is nec-
essary to rename the year files which
will contain your messages and special
reminders such as anniversaries,
bankcard payments etc. The two one
year files supplied are out of date bui it
is just a matter of renaming them to 1991
and 1992. dumping unwanted data, and
entering your own data to work them
OK. If you don't update the year names
it will tell you it can't find the file and
sulk.

It is not a database as is just a diary,
organiser and reminder. It does however
have more room for messages and does
automatically remind you of missed re-
minders on boot up and it's cheap. The
main or message screen contains a calen-
dar and edit, print and search facilities. It
also allows you to shrink Nag to an Icon
when finished for later easy access as
necessary.

Clicking on a calendar date and then
edit brings up the edit screen and allows
entry, addition or modification of mes-
sages, selection of reminder times and
whether to use voice or sound. Re-
minders can be on time, quarter hour,
hourly, daily, weekly and up to 30 days
in advance. The sound file can include
up to 15k of a sound sample of your own
choice.

A very useful program with an ade-
quate text file for setting up and operat-
ing. It is currently running in background
mode with Who! What! When! Where! to
make sure I am not late with this article.
Andrew please note, I shall not be late
again.

Badger
Fish Disk 365

One can easily understand why a de-
veloper of software hopes and certainly
deserves to receive some reward for his
or her labours, but Mr Kerber (the devel-
oper) seems paranoid about it with this
shareware program. The program is good
and relatively easy to use but we are con-
stantly reminded to post in our contribu-
tion or else the program will self destruct
shortly taking all data with it. Not ex-
actly guaranteed to inspire confidence.

However, threats aside, the program
is easily installed by Icon dragging but
requires a small alteration to the startup
sequence for automatic data checks on
bool up. This alteration sets up the vari-
ous options for Badger such as checking
data every time you boot up or only once
a day, colour options, help facilities and
text attributes. On boot up relevant ap-

pointments are displayed full screen.
Text file instructions for setting up and
operation are a bit vague.

Operation for entry, search or edit
etc. are by keyboard using either menu
numbers or hotkey equivalents. Advance
warnings can be up to 45 days. Repeat
reminders can also be organised on a
weekly or monthly basis. New events
can be added, others searched for and in-
formation printed out as required. One
unusual application is the ability to keep
track of a person's age each birthday
providing a reference date is given.

Reminders are visual only on boot
up.

DTC (DeskTop Calendar)
Fish disk 335

This is pure public domain software
and obviously a very early version. Still
if someone is looking for a small but
useful diary program that works this may
suit. It does however require you to re-
member the various keys that control
functions as it is fully keyboard con-
trolled. You must also consciously ac-
cess the program to be reminded of ap-
pointments.

Information is sketchy on installation
and a little bit of head scratching is nec-
essary to get it up and running. Defi-
nitely one for hackers. Once up though it
only requires keying the appropriate let-
ter to bring up charts of appointments for
day, week or month. Reminders are visu-
al only. It will find free half hours for
special activities and will show a listing
of your free times as distinct from busy
to allow easy reorganisation of your ac-
tivities.

Appointments can be transferred to
new limes easily and groups of appoint-
ments can be moved en masse to new
dates and times. The help facility presen-
ts a screen of the various instmctions and
the appropriate hotkeys. A useful but ba-
sic program.

Conclusion

My pick of the programs are Who!
What! When! Where!, and Nag. both arc
easy to set up and use. Both have auto-
matic visual and sound reminders and
Who! What! When! Where! has a
database with address label printout, auto
phone dialling and alarm clock but Nag
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Things to do with words

by Anne Glover

Kids can do lots of things with
words. For instance, they can fish them
out of their alphabet soup before letting
them slop onto the tablecloth. So proud
of their discovery, they don't seem to re-
alise that the resi of the family is actually
eating iheir food. They mangle and muti-
late the language, they play and joke
with it as they become competent and lit-
erate. Everyday life with its street signs,
books and TV programs will get them
started and there are a rapidly expanding
number of computer programs trying to
help them on their way.

The aptly named Things To Do Willi
Words is one such program. It has three
games that are easy for young children to
use and is designed for children aged be-
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literature, a child of 7 years or older
should be able to use it on their own.
This program is produced by the people
who developed Puzzle Book I and 2.

Things To Do Willi Words is not one
of the better products on the market, it is
lacking in animation and excitement.
Unless this program is a child's first ex-
posure to the fascinating word of com-
puters it is unlikely to achieve its aims,
simply because it is not very interesting.
Sure, cute little Buddy Bookbug pops up
every now and again but he is really pe-
ripheral to the games.

The three games, or rather exercises,
use pretty much a text book approach to
word development skills. The range of
possible techniques that can be used with
a computer have not been exploited.

The first exercise. Anagrams, in-
volves unscrambling a word so Buddy
Bookbug will cheer for you. The screen
is pretty drab, with a basically black
background and coloured text. Students
need to click on the centre of the square
with the chosen letter as they spell the
unscrambled word. Don't click off centre
or the computer will ignore you. there is
not enough margin for error in this one.

The levels of difficulty to be selected
from are wide, so this activity does span
the age range indicated (5-12 years); but
I believe it is the only activity in the pro-
gram that does cover that range of ages.
It's not good enough to throw in one ac-

tivity that may suit some 5 year olds and
then label the whole package as suitable
for 5-12 year olds. This one is more
suitable for 7- 1 2 year olds.

The second game requires the child
to unscramble sentences. They will need
to be able to read, and read fairly well to
be able to work on this one by them-
selves. It also has a few problems: words
cannot be undone if you change your
mind while unscrambling and the pro-
gram does not recognise other correct
forms of the sentence that is presented.

No predetermined level of difficulty
can be be set but the manual suggests
that young or less able students simply
PASS the sentences they are unable to
handle. This would be very disruptive
and discouraging for these students.
They are more likely to have a shot at
any answer and then be deflated by ob-
taining poor results. Conversely, if a pat-
tern of skipping answers is established,
they may whizz through the program
skipping anything the slightest bit chal-
lenging.

Surely a better approach would be to
group sentences of a particular level and
allow the student to select their level.
This is the way most programs handle
the problem. Another approach could be,
to provide a graded sequence of sen-
tences, to allow children to work to their
own level and perhaps skip a few levels
along the way. The sentences themselves
are not as useful as they could be, many
are not using appropriate language.

"Word Hunt", the third and final ex-
ercise involves finding
as many words as possi-
ble from a single word.
You select the word
from the 27 words pre-
sented to you. The stu-
dent may be required to
find 21 words using the
letters in the word
"GREAT" or 12 from
OCEAN".

This program is a
pretty obvious example
of plonking some fairly
mundane (but useful)
exercises onto a comput-

er to harness the novelty value of the
computer and enhance the process of
learning. That concept is quite accept-
able, but so much more can be done.

Things To Do Willi Words may be of
use in the classroom to reinforce the con-
cepts covered and perhaps to inject a lit-
tle bit of variety into the development of
basic language skills. Teachers could use
the program as an incentive when stu-
dents have adequately completed their
section of work or it could be used
alongside more traditional methods. It
does use the lower case letters only and
presents the letters on the screen when
necessary. Confusion with the upper case
keyboard is reduced as a result.

As more and more children become
familiar with computers and their wide
ranging capabilities, both at home and at
school, the place for a program such as
this one will all but die off. The comput-
er will no longer be a novelty, and much
more will be expected of such software.

A designer with a little bit of imagi-
nation in the early stages could have
done a lot more with this program.

Conclusion

Three fairly boring word games, con-
tained within fairly dated software. The
program is easy to use and 7 year olds
could operate it on their own. Two of the
three games don't cover the age range
indicated. Possible applications include
reinforcing classroom activities in an al-
ternative way or filling a gap in language
development. Don't expect experienced
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Education

Things To Do
With Numbers

by Anne Glover

This program, as the name suggests is produced by the
same designers as Things To Do Willi Words. It also has a long
way to go before it could be considered to be an indispensable
program. To the producers' credit however, they have contin-
ued their development and Puzzle Book I &2 have emerged
as more valuable programs.

Once again there are three activities - 1 wouldn't call them
games. The first involves converting analogue time to digital
time with the graphics of an analogue clock and a digital
watch on the screen. The time is determined in 24 hour I'onnat.
a useful concept, but fairly limiting in its scope. To be able to
turn the clock from 24 hours to 12 hours would increase the
flexibility of the program and suit a wider range of age groups.

After "a.m." or "p.m." flashes on the watch for only a few
seconds the child is required to input the converted time. A
child with a poor concentration span or one that is simply in-
terested in looking at everything will frequently miss this vital
piece of information. It may help to train children to be more
organized and to follow a sequence of actions. It would be
more useful however, to leave the "a.m." or "p.m." on the
screen while they are working. This would avoid a great deal
of frustration and many discouraging results.

The next activity has Buddy Bookbug searching for his
mate Betty within a grid of books. A useful concept with some

reasonable graphics, but once again, things are Hashing on and
off too quickly, frequently before a child can collect the rele-
vant clues.

Finally, a number game that requires the child to recognise
one number as a component of other numbers is presented. For
example the child may be asked to put 21 passengers on the
train using only the numbers 6 and 3. Again a very specific
task and one that may be useful to reinforce this concept in the
classroom.

This program has some good points. It doesn't make nasty
noises after an unsuccessful attempt at a question and general-
ly the correct answer is presented after three tries. The pro-
gram is easy to use and seven year olds could probably use it
on their own.

Conclusion

This program represents a starling point only - it is not all
there yet. The tasks covered are very specific and only three
activities are included. I don't believe it adequately spans the
5-12 age group indicated. Nor does it provide the three levels
of difficulty indicated on the box in each activity.

There are plenty of better programs around for children in
this age group. Ones that are a lot more fun, that cover a
greater range of activities and include a more extensive educa-
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Amiga

Coming to grips with the Amiga's CLI
A Tutorial for Beginners PART 13

by Andrew Lenlart

In the very first instalment of this se-
ries, I covered a few of the most com-
monly used commands in the Cli. Those
being CD to change a directory, Dir to
view one, List and so on. Back then, I
only went into these very briefly and
promised to go over some of the less
used options of these commands at a lat-
er date. This issue, I plan to make good
that promise.

Dir

Let's start with DIR. Issued on its
own, it simply shows us on screen what
the current directory has within it. But
there is a lot more to it than that. The
command, like most, has various options
which are not immediately obvious (cha
cha cha!) Most will have used the "Dir
opt a" option to get a full geiser at what
is on a whole disk. But have a try of this
nifty little option..

Dir opt i

What this does is start you with a list-
ing of the very first item in the current
directory. This can sometimes be a file
or even a whole directory. This is a
handy feature because while in this mode
of the command, you can do various
things.

Let's say you had a disk full of pub-
lic domain programs and you found you
were only ever using a couple of them.
By pulling lhat disk in DF1: and doing a
Dir opt I on it, you could clean it up
quite easily by using DEL one by one.

This is a little hard to visualize so
let's do a little bit of experimenting.
Make a COPY of any disk and place it in
the external drive. Then type Dir DF1:
Opt I. Single drive users will first need

to type Dir ? and then switch disks to
their copied one when the command ar-
guments come up and then enter Opt I to
get the process started.

You should have in front of you
something similar to this ...

FileName ? or DirectoryName ?

The Amiga is using the question
mark to ask you what it is you want to do
lo that file or directory. You can Delete
it if you wish by simply typing DEL,
which is a shorthand way Dos will ac-
cept this command when in this mode,
and then pressing Return. (Note that if it
is a directory, it musl be empty before
the Amiga will delete it). This is a con-
venient method of cleaning up a disk
looking at each individual file one by
one and deciding whether or not you
wish to keep it. But there is more ...

Let's say we have gone digging
around the PD libraries and come up
with a disk full of interesting script files
and we wish to explore the disk and at
the same lime view some of them. Using
the Dir Opt I command, we can do so by
simply typing a "t" at the question mark
prompt. This is just the same as issuing
ihe command "Type Textfilc". You can
pause the display at any time by pressing
a key and then continue with the return
key or backspace.

Sometimes when using this option,
you may accidentally try to type a file
which may look like a text file, but is ac-
tually a program. The result will be a
screen full of garbage which can look
quite alarming to a beginner. But no
harm done, just press Ctrl-C and the
garbage will stop. Then just continue on
where you left off.

At any time when using ihe i option
of Dir, you can move to the next file in
line by pressing Return on it's own. To
end the whole process, enter a q for quit
and it's finished. As with most com-
mands, you can also stop it with another
Ctrl-C as well.

So whal other little quirks are hidden
in this commonly used command? With
a little bit of imagination and a sense of
daring, we can do other weird and won-
derful things. For example, doing a Dir
Opt A on a disk cram packed with files
in intermingled directories is all fine and
well, but you need lo do it several limes
before you can start to remember what
and where everything is.

Why not make life easier and create a
reference of the really full direc lories on
that disk so that you can look back on
it?!. Working through each individual di-
rectory on the disk, you can create a
hardcopy of ihe disk's contents via your
printer by redirecting the Dir listing to it
like so...

Dir> prt:

But shucks, with the way things are
going these days with the economy and
all, who can afford a printer? No prob-
lem, just modify the above command a
little by leaving out the colon and create
text files instead. Try this to see what I
mean ...

Dir> Ram:Prt

Bingo! One you beaut text file sitting
in Ram called Prt. And the government
can't tax you on it one cent. You don't
even need to declare it as an asset on
your tax return.

Jokes aside though, you can now
view this file at your convenience by
TYPEing it in the Cli or belter still, use a
text viewing utility such as MORE on
your Workbench to view it when you
want to. If you want to make a perma-
nent record of it, then COPY it to floppy
disk.

Just remember that if you are going
to do more than one directory of a disk
in diis way, then don't forget to change
the filename for each directory. Natural-
ly, it is possible to save directly to floppy
disk right away if you want to. Ie:

Dir>DF1:FileName

Okay, so much of Dir for one issue.
Moving right along to another method of
viewing files and gelling information out
of a disk, we come to the LIST com-
mand.

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List

List has a bit of an advantage over Dir in thai it gives you
far more info on each directory or file that's on your disk. Enter
LIST at the Cli prompt and you will get exactly that. A listing
of all the files and directories in the current directory. Bui along
with that listing you also get the following good info ...

A Dir after the name if it is a directory and not a file. If it is
a file, then you get the file size in bytes instead.

Next column to the right tells you the status of the protec-
tion bils which are set or not set on the file or directory respec-
tively. If a protection bit is set, then its letter appears, if it's not
set, you gel a minus sign instead. A typical file might look like
this..

Ed 19564 -p-rwed 28-Mar-89 18:09:58 :Commodore sup-
plied text editor. Not very user friendly..

The eighi letters in die protection bits stand for Hidden,
Script, Pure, Archived, Readable, Writable, Editable and
Deletable in that order.

The next entry tells us the date thai the file was installed or
last altered. If ihe file has been installed or altered no more than
one day before, then the date is given as Yesterday or Today.

Same thing goes for the time as does for date. It gives you
the exact time someone had last fiddled with the file.

Now on my Ed file, I have added the comment that you see
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to jolt one's memory when it's been a while since you used a
given program or file on your disks.

List Options

Just like we saved a file in ram with Dir by using the redi-
rection > symbol, we can likewise save a listing to a file by us-
ing Lists to option. For example.

List to Ram:FileName

to- save to a file in Ram: or similarly.

List to Prt:

to get a hardcopy from that printer you paid some of those
hard earned taxes on.

You can also suppress some of the information that List
provides if you don't have a need to see it. List NoDatcs will
give a listing of a file or files without the dates. There is actual-
ly an option List Dates as well, but why this exists is beyond
me as the command defaults to showing the dales anyway. Per-
haps when originally designed and coded, it did not have thai
default (?)

A couple of interesting options are Since and UpTo. If
you type in the command wiUi the following parameters. List
Since i5-Jan-90

then you would get a listing of files and directories which
had been created on or after the 1 5th of January 1990. Like-
wise, if you type in,

List UpTo 15-Jan-90

then ihe Amiga will only display ihe files and directories
created before or on the 1 5lh of January 1990. Useful if you
know a file was created on or before a certain date and you
wish to quickly find it.

Not to be outdone by the Dir command and in order to try
and sway you to using it more often. List is also capable of dis-
playing a disk in much the same way as Dir does. Simply use
List Quick.

Another useless option thrown into a command when an-
other command does virtually exactly the same thing (?) I don't
know, but I can't ihink of why anyone would prefer to type List
Quick instead of Dir ... I guess life is full of little mysteries and
computing has to have its fair share of them as well to compli-
cate issues.

Concluding

I must admit to being a bit slack with this issue and leaving
it to the last minute before gelling lo work on ii. A Utile light on
quantity, but I have tried to make it nice and meaty in quality.
In any case, I'll make up for it next month with some replies to
a few of your letters thrown in for good measure. Till then,
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Laser output available

Last month I mentioned a laser print-
ing service to cater for GEOS users. The
good news is that it's now up and run-
ning. Laser Mode is the name of the bu-
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All GEOS applications are support-
ed. The results obtainable from GeoPub-
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Laurent tells me that to get the best
results you should use LaserWriter resi-
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A number of readers have sent me
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alternative to the regular GEOS desktop,
which I'm told will be more appealing to
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faster. The price is around SUS29.95 or
comes bundled with RamLink and Ram-
Drive. Hopefully I'll have some more in-
formation on Gateway soon.

Chris Brand is a talented programmer
with a special liking for GEOS. One of

his original programs, The Font Ma-
cMne, is a full-featured font creation and
editing system.

The Font Machine is just what you
need if you want more creative font
•styles, larger fonts or just want to try
your hand at designing weird and won-
derful graphic symbols.

When you double-click Font Ma-
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open an existing font file from disk or
create a new one from scratch. You
aren't limited to opening only the fonts
that have been previously created with
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all.

This is useful if you want to create a
new look to an existing font but don't
want to redefine full stops, exclamation
marks and other characters.

The actual editing process is very
similar to using GeoPaint with the pencil
tool. Clicking on a blank pixel will put
you in draw mode and clicking on an oc-
cupied pixel will give you the eraser. I
found editing of small fonts awkward
when using the mouse. The screen
changes slower man your mouse move-
ments and often a straight line is difficult
to achieve. This is easily remedied by us-
ing the cursor keys, which are fully sup-
ported.

One great feature of The Font Ma-
chine is the ability to create big 48 point
fonts. Great if you're a GeoPublish user
or just want to make an impact. Unfortu-
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files any larger than about 6000 bytes -
limiting if you want a 48 point font. To
keep the file size down you can just cre-
ate the characters you need. If you don't
need lower case letters then just leave
them out. You do need to be careful
about file sizing, since The Font Ma-
chine won't warn you that a file is too
large to be used. Perhaps in a future up-
date?

Creating fonts is a long and some-

times frustrating process. The Font Ma-
chine won't make the job any quicker or
less tedious, but for the patient user with
the skill it's the perfect program.

How do you get The Font Machine?
Chris has very kindly allowed me to dis-
tribute it as part of the User Software
Compilation disk I'm putting together.
Also from Chris will be an MCS810
printer driver which gives much greater
control and flexibility for your GEOS
printing, some new mouse drivers (in-
cluding one with a screen blanker), and
some GEOS fonts that have been created
with The Font Machine. Work on the
disk is in its final stages and should
hopefully be ready soon after you read
this. Watch out for information in an up-
coming column.

Chris also tells me that he's open to
requests for programs. Here's my list!

* A GEOS -based directory utility.
Something along the lines of DirUtil on
the Amiga would be nice. Simple and
straight forward DOS access is some-
thing the C64 really lacks.

* A GEOS equivalant of the Amiga's
CLI. Wanting a Command Line Interface
may sound like defeating the purpose of
GEOS, but often it would seem quicker
and easier to type "DELETE FILE1"
than go through the process of dragging
a ghosted icon down to the trashcan. I
love the graphic environment, but I also
love quick, clear access to functions.

* A utility to convert regular C64
screen fonts to GEOS format. Not an
easy task, but it'd sure be nice!

Letters

From the mail this month, Hamish
Blunck of Beaudesert, QLD, writes:

"Dear Owen, While using GEOS I
use a Commodore MPS 1230 printer. I
find using die "Comm. Compat." printer
driver is usually slow and does not print
a total width of a page with some appli-
cations. But by experimenting with some
different printer drivers and altering the
set-up procedure of the printer I have
been able to make the printing faster and
also print a fullwidlh page.

"First of all you have to change some
settings in the set-up procedure:
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EPSON FX 80

Change DOUBLE STRIKE PRINTING to
BIDIRECTIONAL

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Change CARRIAGE RETURN to CR=CR Change LINE

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"Leave the rest of the settings as the Default settings, and
make sure you store the changes.

"Last of all change the printer driver to 'Epson FX-80'. Al-
though it is a lengthy procedure it is well worth it.

"Do you know of any way of being able to set up GEOS so
that within an application you can change disks with only one
disk drive. I find that when using applications such as geoPub-
lish I have little room left on my disk (geoPublish takes up 99
KBytes).

"One last thing. Have you heard of a magazine in Australia
called "GEOWORLD"? I got a brochure for it when I pur-
chased GeoPublish this month. It is an American magazine, but
it is not published by Berkley. The subscription cost SUS50
which could get rather expensive."

Thanks for the printer information. I don't use an MPS
1230 printer myself, but I'm sure many users out there that do
are grateful.

The reason why GEOS likes to have the application and the
datafile on the one disk is because it needs access to both at fre-
quent intervals.

To run large applications GEOS uses 'overlays' so that only
the necessary code is loaded as needed. Also, GEOS saves and
retrieves parts of your documents as needed to save space. Re-

member, you're working with only a 64K computer so some
sacrifices have to be made. Thai's why you can't always open
datafiles from disks not containing the relevant application.

I have heard many good things about GeoWorld, but
whether it's worth the SUS50 subscription price is a decision
that's yours alone to make.

Mr W. Reed of Salisbury Park writes:

"Dear Owen, I'm hoping you may be able to help me. I use
GEOS VI. 3 which works fine with my Epson printer (dot ma-
trix) but for letter quality print I would like to use my Com-
modore DPS 1101 Daisy Wheel printer. Could you please help
as I don't seem to be able to find a driver for it. I've tried all of
the drivers on the GEOS disk but to no avail."

GEOS is a 'graphic' environment. It works with bit-mapped
images for text and pictures. Because the daisy wheel printer
has no facilities for printing graphics it can't handle the output
from VI. 3.

V2 of GEOS does give you the option of using your print-
er's NLQ mode. This dumps the text to the printer and not the
graphic information. I can't guarantee that it'd work, but it's
quite possible you could print in GEOS V2's NLQ mode using
the Commodore Compatible driver and your DPS 1101. Has
anyone had success with this setup?

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The C64GS appears to be very much
alive. Basically, it's a C64 minus a key-
board and various pons. At the moment
it appears to be a 'UK only' product. It
has all the same graphic and sound capa-
bilities as the standard C64 (why the
'GS' suffix then?).

Even if the GS doesn't make it to our
shores, it still spells good news for game
freaks. We should see renewed activity
in the game market, which has appeared
to go a bit stale of recent times. Watch
out for better quality games because us-
ing the cartridge medium, software hous-
es can squeeze up to around 512k for
each game. And no wait for loading
times! Ocean Software is already heavily
committed to cartridge-based releases,
with Robocop 2, Shadow of the Beast
and many more already available. The
cartridges aren't designed exclusively for
the GS either. They'll function more
than happily on a standard C64.

Will the C64 console be able to com-
pete with Sega and Nintendo? All three
are in the same price bracket, but the GS
might have the leading edge because of
cheaper cartridges. Perhaps we're in for
a price cutting war? We'll just have to
wait and see.

More peripherals

There certainly isn't a shortage of
cartridges and other 'add-ons' for the
C64. There are so many, in fact, that it's
easy to become confused with what each
is supposed to do. This month is a gener-
al guide to peripherals for the power-
hungry 64 user.

Before we begin, a few terms you
should be familiar with:

Freeze: Suspends a program at the
point the freeze is activated.

From here the program may be
saved, altered or restarted.

ML Monitor: Used to interpret
memory as machine language mnemon-

ics. Useful for debugging software and
otherwise making changes. Can often be
used in conjunction with the freeze op-
tion to make changes without corrupting
memory etc.

Sprite Collision Disabler: A
game cheat option which, for example,
ignores a collision between you and ene-
my fire.

Screen Snapshot: Takes a 'snap-
shot' of the current screen, usually al-
lowing you to make a hardcopy, save to
disk, or make changes to it. Have a copy-
right guidebook on hand with this one!

Disk Turbo: Increases the speed of
disk operations.

And now for a look at cartridges:

Action Replay

Possibly the favourite for game users,
the Action Replay provides many useful
utilities for the budding hacker. Included
is a freeze utility, ML monitor, disk tur-
bo and many more. One of AR's nicest
features is that it allows you to enter BA-
SIC POKEs while the program is in a
frozen state. Once your POKEs are all
in, just restart the program. As I'm sure
any 'POKE hunter' will tell you, the
hardest part of finding cheats for a game
is actually finding a restart address.

The latest incarnations of Action Re-
play also allow for some extended BA-
SIC commands. While the list of new
commands is far from exhaustive, I think
the cartridge was designed more for the
inquisitive game player than the dedicat-
ed programmer. Because of its gaming
appeal, Action Replay is one of the most
popular cartridges available for the C64

Final Cartridge III

Apart from the irony of there being
three 'final' cartridges, FCIII wins in the
cosmetic department. It uses a GUI
(graphic user interface) that will have

you pointing and clicking the same as
you would in GEOS. When you power-
on, FCIII automatically recognises if you
are using a mouse or joystick and even
which port you're using without you ev-
er having to select the preferences op-
tion. Overall, it looks and feels solid.

Like the Action Replay, FCIII has a
freeze utility, an ML monitor (including
sprite and character editor) and, of
course, a sprite collision disabler.

What I don't like about FCIII is that
the freeze option is often far from re-
liable. On some occasions it refuses to
even attempt to save, and on others you
think the save was successful but on
reloading you realise it wasn't. Also, it's
a shame that you haven't the option of
restarting the program from a frozen
state after a save instead of being
dumped back on the desktop. Perhaps a
litde bit more thought is needed in this
department. It certainly isn't strong in
the disk utilities department, either. It
lets you scratch and rename files, but a
single file and complete disk copier
would 've been nice to make this a gen-
uine final cartridge.

BASIC programming is where this
cartridge really excels. It provides a total
of almost 30 new commands for BASIC
programmers. Note, however, that it is
not an extended BASIC in the sense that
the new commands can be made an inte-
gral part of your program. Instead they
are designed to be utilities to aid the pro-
grammer.

Final Cartridge III gives you com-
mands such as RENAME, APPEND,
ARRAY (dump), AUTO (line number),
FIND, TRACE, RENUM, PACK, etc.
The manual might leave a lot to be de-
sired, but on the whole Final Cartridge
III provides an excellent environment for
either programming or general C64 ac-
tivities.

Super Snapshot 4

Super Snapshot is similar in design to
Final Cartridge and Action Replay, al-
though lacking some of the features such
as a character editor and joystick auiofire
and joystick swap.

SS4 provides the usual DOS wedge
and copying utilities, as well as a BASIC
toolkit extension. Unfortunately the extra
BASIC commands all need to be loaded
from disk before being used (like the
KA43/5 Open System). Not exactly what

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you would expect from a cartridge util-
ity. It provides a fairly solid machine
code monitor.

Warp Speed

Warp Speed isn't really in the league
of the above three, but then again it
doesn't pretend to be. WS is designed to
be nothing more than a powerful DOS
utility, and I might add that in the DOS
handling department it beats the above
three hands down.

Warp Speed lets you take charge of
your drive using menus. From these you
can scratch, delete, view and even copy
files with the utmost of ease. Warp
Speed also has a complete disk copier
for one or two drives, and a very fast
disk turbo. Some of the more powerful
features are a track and sector editor, a
machine language monitor, text screen
printer dumps and a native 128 mode.
WS also has a reset button and an 'old'
command for the return of BASIC pro-
grams.

Recommended if you want easy DOS
access without the bells and whistles of
the more expensive cartridges.

Turbo Master CPU

If it's speed you're after, then look
no further than the Turbo Master. In-
creases the speed of just about every as-
pect of the C64 by a factor of four. Also
includes a DOS wedge and a machine
language monitor can be found on the
utility disk. See the review in the Febru-
ary ACAR for more information.

RAMIink & RAMdrive

These two are only new on the mar-
ket. RAMLink is a RAM expansion unit
interface designed to let you get the most
out of your existing REU. RAMDrive is
an actual REU with a maximum capacity
of 2 megabytes. As yet I haven't seen
them first hand, so I won't say too much
other than the information circulating
makes them sounds great.

Quick Brown Box

The QBB is kind of like a cross be-
tween a cartridge and a disk drive. It's a
storage device that uses battery-backed
RAM. Like a cartridge, whatever is
stored on QBB is ready and waiting as
soon as you power-on.

QBB comes in two versions - a 64K
model, and a 32K model. Using the sup-
plied software you can transfer your pro-
grams to the Quick Brown Box in much
the same way you would if using a disk
drive. If you're hoping to put something
like GEOS on the QBB then you must
first get an unprotected version. I'm told
this is simple enough if you use either
Maverick or Vorpal Aid.

Once again, I can't say much about
QBB's performance because I've yet to
use one first hand. They seem to be pret-
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Letters

This first letter out of the mailbag this month comes from
Eric Ireland of Beecroft NSW.

"Dear Owen, I have a C64 and have been reading ACAR
for the past couple of years. I think you have a great magazine,
although it would be better if you had a few more C64 games
reviews. I use my C64 mostly for playing games and typing out
school projects, although I am also interested in computer pro-
gramming, and have written a few programs in BASIC.

"I would like to learn machine language, but I do not know
which assembler I should buy, which computer shop I should
buy it from, or what book I should buy to teach me. I already
have Supermon, by Jim Butterfield, but it does not allow line
numbering or labels or any other common features that most
other assemblers have. I also have the Commodore 64 Pro-
grammer's Reference Guide, but it is not very helpful to the be-
ginner. If you tell me what to buy and where to buy it from it
would be very helpful.

"I have another question to ask. Recently I was looking
through the memory maps in the C64 Programmer's Reference
Guide and in location 53270, bit 5, it says "ALWAYS SET
THIS BIT TO 0!". Just out of interest I set it to 1, (by poking
53270,255 which sets all bits to 1) and I got a weird character
set. Do you know why?"

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might have just what you're looking for. One 1 can recommend
is Turbo Assembler V4.1. As for books, start with something
for beginners. The Beginner's Programming Handbook, pub-
lished by Usbomc, is an excellent book for starting out. It may
seem a little bit immature having little cartoon robots popping
up on ever)' page, but when it comes to clarity and step-by-stcp
guides I have yet to find a book that is better. You already have
the Programmer's Reference Guide which is a great resource ir-
respective of your level of programming ability. Another book
which I find indispensable is the 6502 Reference Guide by
Alan Tully (published by Melbourne House Publishers). It
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hex and decimal equivalents, along with bytes and timing infor-
mation. Just the thing for finding that forgotten instruction or
debugging.

Bit five of 53270 won't do anything harmful to the C64. As
you've probably already guessed, it's a control register for the
VIC-II chip. Bit five in particular is, or was, used to enable or
disable the display. On the newer C64s this has little or no ef-
fect. By poking 255 to 53270 you've turned more than just bit
five on. You've probably noticed the display has shifted off
centre and any characters on screen have become a multicolour
mess. POKE 53270,200 will put things right, or just press
RUN/STOP-RESTORE.

Mr. W. Reed of Salisbury Park writes to ask what an
EPROM is. An EPROM is Erasable Programmable Read Only
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You must use an EPROM burner to store information, and
ultra-violet light to erase it. EPROMs can be used in place of
standard ROM chips. You could make changes to the C64's
operating system, as detailed in The C64 Column over the last
two months, write the revised code to EPROM, and replace the
C64's internal ROMs for a truly customized system. .

EPROM programmers for the C64 are not easily available
in Australia. Datel Electronics advertise in many of the UK
magazines and offer everything you need to start EPROM pro-
gramming. Their kit costs around forty pounds.

Short Program Competition

A reminder about our short program competition. Aus-
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Veteran text editor user Tim Strachan has been a long time propo-
nent of the text editing world. There are still rumours he has never used
a wordprocessor - nevertheless, here he is, exceedingly more qualified
than most to write about the latest addition to the fray.

I have always used text editors exclu-
sively (rather than word processors) for
editing Megadisc, as well as all the other
writing I do. I began with Ed (Com-
modore's own troglodyte of an editor,
spiffed up in WB2), moved on to TxEd
1.0 to 1.2 to 2.0 etc, and along the way
also bought and used PTE (Professional
Text Engine) and Cygnus Ed from AS-
DG.

PTE is the most powerful by far of
all those mentioned above, and many of
its powerful features have been imitated
by TurboText (TT from now on), partic-
ularly the availability of a built-in pro-
gramming language, which therefore al-
lows the creation of emulations of other
text editors right down to the duplication
of the menus. This also means that you
can keep adjusting your definition file,
by simply using those definitions in oth-
er files which suit you. It just happens
that doing all this with TT is a lot more
straightforward than with PTE.

Packaging and manual

Very neat, the typical cardboard box
setup. The manual is plastic ring-bound,
but the type seems to be rather fuzzy in
parts. The manual is well organised and
generally well-written, and there are nu-
merous useful Appendices at the back,
such as Error Messages (Dos, ARexx,
Definition file, and Turbotext errors), a
Command Reference for the built-in pro-
gramming language, about TT under
WB2, a Glossary and a pretty reasonable
Index.

Emulation

One of the most powerful features of
TT is its ability to emulate the com-
mands and menus of other programs by
simply loading in a new definition file,
of which there arc numerous supplied
with the program, such as for TxEd,
Cygnus Ed, Wordstar, and so on, as well
as definitions devised to make program-

ming source code easier. It is interesting
to note that while some emulations are
pretty complete there are some gaps. For
example, in the TxEd emulation, there is
no "Strip, etc." option available, and this
was quite useful for stripping line-feeds;
there is no apparent equivalent in TT, it
seems. Likewise there are improvements
- the old "Print Clip" in TxEd brought up
a requestor; now, the clip is sent straight
to the printer.

Icon magic

TT is distinguished by a clever use of
icons. Tool Types entered into the icon
info screen are many, various and pow-
erful. TT's icon tool types can be over-
ridden by special tool types in particular
project icons, meaning that you can have
a bunch of different setups associated
with different project icons, double-click
them and you've got a new setup.

Likewise, there are all sorts of com-
binations which allow you to simply load
it into memory to be activated by a hot-
key; to unload itself from memory when
all screens are closed; to start up with an
automatic ARexx macro; to open with a
custom or Public or Workbench screen;
and more. Of course, all of these capabil-
ities are available from the CLI too.

One very amazing trick with icons, in
VVB2 only, is that you can drag the icon
for a project (text) file onto TT's open
window and presto! up comes that file
ready for editing. This is the first use of
WB2's "AppWindow" feature that I've
seen.

Other features

Public screen capability - you can
pop TT up on its own public screen,
meaning that other windows can be
popped up onto it.

Fonts - the full selection is available
via requestors.

Version - TT is supposed to be able
to store and retrieve "version" informa-

tion with all files produced with it, and it
should be accessible by using the Ami-
gaDos Version command, although I
didn't find anything happening when I
played with it.

TTX in WBStartup drawer - this is a
good way to get it going: TTX is a small
version of TT which loads it into
memory according to the many tool
types in the icon, mentioned above.

TT has a good requestor, the nearest
I've seen being Cygnus Ed's rather
baroque one. This one doesn't show all
Assigns and Devices, but gives a large
space for listings, and allows for the se-
lection of pattern matching - ie, if you
only want to see files ending in ".doc"
you can enter "#?.doc" in the pattern
matching gadget. Useful, but you have to
remember it's on at times, or you'll think
a particular directory doesn't hold the
file you thought it did. Another neat fea-
ture of the requestor is the existence of a
little trashcan icon under the slider bar -
means you can use the requestor for get-
ting rid of unnecessary stuff.

The full screen is available for edit-
ing, ie, unlike some editors which re-
quire you to space along to places be-
yond the text on a line. The cursor
changes into different little graphics
while performing particular tasks. The
next version will have an ARexx inter-
face to AmigaTeX, the amazing typeset-
ting program.

Dragging with the mouse say at the
bottom of the page scrolls the screen
down, but an innovation is to have the
scrolling sped up by moving the mouse
to the left of the screen, and to slow it
down increasingly by moving towards
the right side. Three-button Mouses are
supported, and you can set up a few ex-
tra tricks with them.

Anyone using ARexx often will start
to be driven to distraction that there can
only be one assigned REXX: directory,
because it begins to get quite full... The
use of ARexx with TT has obviously
been well thought out. TT will still work
fine as a text editor without ARexx, but
you get a large number of new capabili-
ties, and the chance to make up your
own if you get really involved. Some of
those included are:

Save Block

Print Block

Sort Block

Print Lines, etc. There are about 45

ACAR 54

of these provided, and it's very easy to make up your own, if
you have any talent with ARexx.

Complaints

What about a command which allows you to format both
left and right margins simultaneously for a paragraph between
any two chosen numbers? PTE has this and it has saved me
many hours of tedious work formatting files for Megadisc. I'm
sure this can be done in ARexx, but by now it should be an in-
built feature of an Amiga text editor.

No columnar text input is possible, as far as I can see - ie,
the ability to have, say three columns of text across a screen,
each of which is like a separate mini-screen, in which you can
hit RETURN and be on the next line under the beginning of the
column.

Conclusion

Apart from those two complaints listed above, I would have
lo recommend TT highly as a text editor, and even as a word
processor for many people's purposes. Certainly if you're a
programmer, this program is ideal, but it will suit anyone who
needs powerful, fast and versatile text editing.

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Creating Batch Files

by Tim Strachan

In your normal use of DOS, you will
enter a command and execute it immedi-
ately. This is fine for most uses, but oc-
casionally you'll find that you need to
repeat a series of commands regularly, or
that you'd like to customise the startup-
sequence of your WorkBench disk. In
fact, the startup-sequence is the most sig-
nificant of CSFs, and being able to ma-
nipulate and change it is one of the fun-
damental abilities you should develop.

In this tutorial you'll learn how to do
so, and all the necessary tools are
available on your Workbench disk. You
will need to know the basic structure of
CSFs, and how to edit them. There are
some special CSF commands, such as
EXECUTE, SKIP, and so forth, which
are used in conjunction with normal CLI
commands, and there is a TEXT EDI-
TOR, called ED in your C directory
which allows you to create or change
such files, as well as any other text file.
However, you can create a text file of
any kind with any Word Processor which
allows you to save a file in strict text
form (as ASCII characters).

Fundamentals

1. Using ED - The text editor

As mentioned above, you will have
to be able to create a text file with a text
editor, and your Workbench disk comes
with ED, a basic text editor quite capable
of this and more. There is another "Line
Editor" called EDIT in your C directory
as well, but it is not easy to leam. In
fact, it would be worthwhile buying a
commercial editor such as TurboText, or
finding one of the excellent editors in the
public domain, which make use of the
Workbench interface. In the meantime
however, if you wish to create a new file,
or edit an old one, using ED, simply en-
ter in the CLI ED FILENAME, for ex-
ample ED dfO:s/startup-sequence if you
want to change your startup-sequence
(do it with a COPY of your Work-
bench!). Now just enter text from the
keyboard to create a new file.

In the case of editing an existing file,
use the cursor keys, DEL and
BACKSPACE and RETURN keys to

change and add text. Let's say that we
want to create a file called MAKERAM
which will copy all the CLI commands
into RAM, and run them from there in-
stead of from your disk (see further be-
low). Enter the following:

ED S YS:S/MAKERAM ;(You'll be pre-
sented with the ED screen.)
MAKEDIR RAM:C (Hit return)
COPY SYS :C RAM:C (Hit return)
ASSIGN C: RAM:C (Hit return)

You now have a 3 -line batch file. If
you notice a spelling mistake, simply use
the cursor keys to reach the mistake and
Backspace or Delete the offending let-
ters).

Now you must save the file, so press
ESC and you'll find the cursor drops to
the bottom of the screen where further
commands (called EXTENDED COM-
MANDS as distinct from IMMEDIATE
COMMANDS which you use when on
the ED screen itself) may be entered.
The command to save is simply X, fol-
lowed by RETURN. This will exit ED,
while saving your file under the name
you first gave it in the directory you
specified - in this case MAKERAM in
the S directory.

NB - The REFERENCE SECTION
of your Amiga Manual lists all the
available commands for ED, and if you
decide to stay with ED, make sure you
experiment with them, as they allow you
many powerful possibilities for text edit-
ing.

Creating a command sequence file
you must create a file with one or more
CLI commands, with one command to a
line, and with a RETURN character at
the end of each line. Having created the
file, it is a good idea to save it to the S
directory of your disk, since AmigaDOS
looks there automatically when you use
the command EXECUTE. This means
that you don't have to type out the full
PATHNAME of the file - ie, where it is,
such as:

dfl:ulililies/myCSF

Instead, you'll simply type

EXECUTE myCSF

The command EXECUTE (which is
detailed below) must precede any CSF,
just as it is automatically used when
booting up with any Workbench disk.
You can also attach comments to your
CSF by simply typing in a semi-colon
before any comment you make. For ex-
ample:

MAKEDIR RAM:C;make directory c on

the Ram disk

COPY SYS:C RAM:C ALL;copy all

your c commands across

ASSIGN C: RAM:C;re-assign your c:

directory to ramx

This CSF is a most useful one to
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CLI commands to a C directory which
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RAM:C directory, by replacing the sec-
ond line above by the following series:

COPY SYS:C/CD RAM:C
COPY S YS:C/DIR RAM:C
COPY S YS:CAYPE RAM:C
COPY SYS:C/COPY RAM:C

You could add to this series accord-
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use. Now such a file requires the COPY
command to be read from your disk each
time, so we could add a further refine-
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directly to RAM:C first, and then AS-
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a shorter name for convenience), to
speed up the processes of both executing
the command and of typing it in, as fol-
lows:

MAKEDIR RAM:C

COPY SYS:C/COPY RAM:C

ASSIGN CP: RAM:C/COPY

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line above - this would make it unneces-
sary to type in the "SYS:C" before each
command to be copied, since you'd al-
ready be in the directory that you're
copying from.

Removing a ram
disk's contents

It may be that you've got to do some
memory-intensive work, such as anima-
tions, and want to use all the memory
you've got. You'll want to remove all
those commands on the RAM disk, so
you may make up a CSF like the follow-
ing (and keep it in your S directory as
usual):

ECHO "CLEARING THE RAM DISK"
CD DFO:

ASSIGN C:SYS:C
DELETE RAM:C
ECHO "ALL DONE NOW"

Here's another approach to achieving
the same objective, except that this time,
some more use has been made of the AS-
SIGN and ECHO commands. Note that
you could also use the SAY command,
so lhat you're told what's happening as it
happens.

COPY DF0:C/ECHO TO RAM:C

COPY DF0:C/COPY TO RAM:C

COPY DFO:C/ASSIGN TO RAM:C

ASSIGN C: RAM:C

ECHO "MAKING A RAM DISC"

ECHO " "

ECHO "COPYING SYS/C TO RAM"

COPY SYS:C RAM:C ALL QUIET

ECHO ""

ECHO "ASSIGNED C: TO RAM:C"

ECHO ""

ECHO "ALL DONE NOW"

In other words, it is up to you and
what you want to achieve, and the best
way of getting what you want is to ex-
periment.

Further capabilities
of batch files

Although any CLI command can be
used in a command file (including the

command EXECUTE itself), certain
commands were made especially for use
in a command file:

IF these allow you to test conditions
occurring during execution ELSE of the
sequence, and to act on the results.

FAILAT - sets the level of failure at
which the sequence will slop.

QUIT - QUIT will force a stop with a
return code you choose.

SKIP - allows you to mark areas
(LAB) in your sequence and then jump

LAB - forward to them (SKIP).

WAIT - stops sequence processing
for a period of lime, or until a specified
time of day.

ECHO - lets you display text strings,
such as prompts, from within your se-
quence.

ASK - lets you branch either of two
ways wiih a Y(ES) or N(O)

Passing instructions
to batch files

The EXECUTE Command itself
recognises various DIRECTIVES, which
allow you to pass words and substitute
them in the various command lines in the
CSF. Thus you can use one CSF for a
variety of tasks if you design your CSF
well. A "dot command" MUST be on
the first line of the file. It can be any
command, but is usually either a parame-
ter template (.KEY) or a comment.

.KEY or .K This defines the names
of the parameters to be passed.

This is the most important of the dot
commands.

If this is placed at the beginning of
your CSF, then your CSF will lake what-
ever file follows your CSF name and
substitute it wherever it sees "filenamel"
in ihe batch file.

EXAMPLE: .KEY filenamel
COPY <filenamel> TO :MYDOCS
To use this CSF (whose name is
BACKUP, say), enter

EXECUTE BACKUP Letter
Now the file LETTER is copied to
the MYDOCS directory on the current
disk.

.DEF <namc> <value> defines a
global default parameter value (the S de-
fault is used on that line only)

EXAMPLE: .DEF filenamel #?.doc
If this were inserted in the above ex-
ample, then if no specific filename were
given, then #?.doc would be substituted
for the filename, and all files of that pat-

tern would be copied to the : MYDOCS
directory.

This gives you a failsafe option,
since otherwise all files in the current di-
rectory would be acted upon.

.DOT <char> - redefines the com-
mand indicator character (default is dot

'.')

EXAMPLE: .DOT @ then use
@KEY from.to

.BRA <char> redefines the left &
right parameter indicators

.KET <char> (default arc '<' and

'>')

This can be uselul if you want to in-
clude a name which has the current de-
fault bracket characters (ie, < & > )

EXAMPLE: .BRA [.

This will change the left angle brack-
et character (<) to the the left square
bracket character. Note the period after f

.DOLLAR <char> redefines the de-
fault indicator character (default is dollar
T)

EXAMPLE: ED <fileSwork.doc>

This substitutes "file", but if "file" is
not given, will substitute "work.doc" .

. <tcxt> - indicates that the rest of the
line is a comment.

EXAMPLE: . Dot, followed by
space is a comment.

.<rctum> - indicates a blank com-
ment line. •

Further examples

The following sequence is used to
delete a file, but make a backup first in
the :T subdirectory.

. Delete a file, but make a backup
first

.KEY from.to

IF "<from>" EQ ""

QUIT 20;this terminates the CSF im-
mediately

ENDIF

IF"<lo>"EQ""

COPY <from> TO :T/<from>.01d

DELETE <from>

QUIT

ENDIF

COPY <from> TO :T/<to>

DELETE <from>

QUIT

This would be entered as follows (if
the name of the CSF is BACKUP): EX-
ECUTE BACKUP filename l,filename2
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Easy sprites

Once you have ihe general idea aboul
how the sprites are controlled, we can
begin to use them in programs. We will
look at a number of simple but interest-
ing techniques which you should be able
to adapt to your own programs.

Example: sprites as string data. The
following program displays three sprites
using the same sprite data for each. The
sprite pattern of the number 64 sitting
under a palm tree, is set up in the data
statements as string data. This pattern
can be readily changed by editing the
program in the normal manner.

Calculation of the correct 63 numbers
for the sprite pattern is done by dissect-
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used and work out how it does it, Lines
320-350) and the numbers are shown on
the screen as they are calculated. An "A"
in the data string is taken as a screen dot
with bit value of 1 and a space is taken
as bit value of 0. The sprites used are
sprite numbers 0-2.

Points to note:

• All three sprites use the same data
block.

• Remember that sprite has priority
over 1 and 2 and so will appear over the
top of the images of the other two.

• The sprite-background priority has

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been altered for sprite 1 so that it will
pass underneath the screen image.

• All the sprites are programmed to
randomly expand in either direction
when they cross at the centre of their
travels.

• For simplicity, sprite X position is
never greater than 255.

Program! SPRITE GENERATOR
XO REM (C) CREG PERRY, BRISBANE
1984

100 REM SIMPLE THREE SPRITE
GENERATOR

no REM SN=SPRITE NUMBER
120 REM V=START OF VIC CHIP
130 V=53248

140 REM SET EXPANDED SPRITES
ISO POKE V +23,71 POKE V+29.7
IMREM CLEAR SPRITE RAM ARE-
AS

170 FOR 1=832 TO 102}: POKE I,Ot
NEXT

180 REM SET SPRITE POINTERS TO
DATA BLOCK

190 POKE 2040,131 POKE 2041,13:
POKE 2042,13

200 REM POSITION SPRITE X AND Y
ON SCREEN
210 FOR SN=0 TO 2

220 POKE V+SN * 2,X00+SN * IOi REM
XPOS

230 POKE V+I+SN*2,I00+SN*20i
REM YPOS

240 REM ENABLE SPRITE SN
250 POKE V+2I, PEEK (V+21) OR

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260 REM SET Colour OF SPRITE SN
270 POKE V+39+SN,2+SNi NEXT
280 REM READ DATA AND CALCU-
LATE BYTE NUMBERS
290 FOR ROW=0 TO 20
300 READ S$: PRINT S$;
3XO FOR NO=0 TO 2:N=o
320 FOR BIT=7 TO O STEP -X
330 REM CALCULATE NUMBER
340 IF MID$CS$,X+NO*8+7-
BIT,l)="A" THEN N=N+2ABIT
350 NEXT BIT

36O REM PUT NUMBER INTO IMAGE
MAP
370 POKE 832+ROW*3+NO,Nt PRINT

N;

380 NEXT NOi PRINT

390 NEXT ROW

400 REM DISPLAY BACKGROUND

AND MOVE SPRITES

410 PRINT "[CLR,DOWN4,RVS]";«

FOR 1=1 TO 40*61 PRINT " [<©.>]"$«

NEXT

420 REM SET SPRITE x TO UNDER

SCREEN

430 POKE V+27,2

440 REM NOT EXPAND X AND Y

450 POKE V+23,o« POKE V+29,0

460 REM MOVE SPRITES

470 S=255> FOR 1=1 TO 2SS

48O POKE V,Ii POKE V+I,I

490 POKE V+2,S-Ii POKE V+3.S-I

500 POKE V+4,I: POKE V+s,S-I

SXO D? I0128 THEN 570

520 REM RANDOMLY EXPAND

SPRITES IN X e/OR Y

530 IF RND Co)>.2 THEN POKE V+23,

RND(o)*7+.5

540 IF RND Co)>.2 THEN POKE V+20,

RND(0)*7+.S

570 NEXT i GOTO 450

690 REM SPRITE DATA

700 REM

"765432x0765432x0765432x0"

710 DATA "[SPACES] AAA

[SPACE3] A [SPACE3] AAA [SPACE6] "

720 DATA "[SPACE4]AAAAA

[SPACE2]A[SPACE2]AAAAA

[SPACES]"

730 DATA "[SPACE3]AA

[SPACE4]AAAAA[SPACE4]AA

[SPACE4]"

740 DATA "[SPACE2]AA[SPACE4]A

[SP ACEz] A [SPACE2] A [ S P A CE.J ] AA

[SPACES ]"

750 DATA "[SPACE] AA[SP ACES] A

[SPACES] AA [SPACE2] "

760 DATA "AA[SPACEo]A

[SPACE9lAA[SPACE]"

770 DATA "A[SPACEX0]A

[SPACEXO]A[SPACE]"

780 DATA "[SPACEIX]A[SPACEX2]"

790 DATA "[SPACE2]AAAAAAA

[SPACE2] A [SPACE2] AA [SPACES ] "

800 DATA "[SPACE2]AAAAAAA

[SPACE2]A[SPACE2]AA[SPACE8]"

8X0 DATA " [SPACE2] AA

[SP ACE3] AA [SPACE2] A

[SPACEz] AA [SPACES] "

820 DATA "[SPACE2]AA[SPACE7]A

[SPACE2] AA [SPACES] "

830 DATA "[SPACE2]AA[SPACE7]A

[SP ACE2] AA [SPACES] "

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840 DATA " [SPACE*] AAAA AAA

[SP AC Ez ] A [SPACEX] AA [SPACE] AA

[SPACES]"

850 DATA " ISP ACEz] AAAAAAA

[SPACEz] A [SPACE2] AA [SPACE] AA

[SPACE5]"

86O DATA "[SPACEz]AA

[SPACE3]AA[SPACEz]A

[SPACEz] AA [SPACE] AA [SPACE

SJ"

870 DATA " [SPACEz] AA

[SP AC E3 ] AA [SPACEz] A

[SPACEz] AAAAAAA [SPACE j]"

880 DATA "[SPACEz] AAAAAAA

[SPACEZ] A [SPACEz] AAAAAAA

[SPACE3]"

890 DATA "A [SPACE] AAAAAAA

[SPACE] AAA [ SP ACE4 ] AA

[SPACE}] A [SPACE] "

900 DATA "A (SPACES] AAAAA

[SPACE3] AA [SPACE j] A [SPACE] "

910 DATA

" AAAAAAA A AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[SPACE]"

Exercises

1. Design your own sprite in data
statements.

2. Change sprite colours.

3. Change sprite movement routine.

4. Change movement to include full
range of X 0-344.

5. Change expansion to X or Y ex-
pand only.

Example: Bouncing and full range- of
X. To program a sprite to "bounce"
around the visible screen area, like a ball
on a billiard table, involves increasing or
decreasing the X and Y coordinates and
ensuring that, when the boundary (as de-
fined above) is reached, the correspond-
ing X or Y movement is reversed in di-
rection. This is shown by the following
subroutine.

Add these Lines to the program
above.

550 REM RANDOMLY BOUNCE

SPRITE

560 IF RND(o)>.z THEN GOSUB $90

580 REM BOUNCE SPRITE AROUND

SCREEN

590 X=XZ8iY=XZ8 592 Sl=I+Z*(RND

Co)>.5)iSZ=I+Z*CRND(o)>.s) 594

SN=INTCRND(o) * j)

600 X=X+5*Sl:IFX<=24 THEN Sl=I

610 IF X>=343 THEN Sl=-I

6ZO Y=Y+IO*SZ:IF Y<=so THEN S2=I

630 IF Y>=229 THEN SZ=-I

640 POKE V+16,ZASN+ZASN*CX<ZS6)

650 POKE V+SN*2,X+256»CX>255)

660 POKE V+I+SN*2,Y

670 IF X>90 AND X<130 AND Y>90

AND Y<130 THEN RETURN

680 GOTO 600

NOTES

1 . Line 590 sets the starting coordi-
nates.

2. The RND statements are used with
great effect to decide how often a bounce
will occur and, when one does, to ran-
domly select which of the sprites 0-2 will
move and in what direction.

3. S 1 and S2 are the signs of the X
and Y movement respectively, i.e. when
Si = 1, the X value will increase and
when SI is -1 .the X value will decrease.
At the boundary, the sign of the move-
ment is simply reversed. Line 592 ran-
domly sets these to cither 1 or -1. The
expression 2*(RND(0)>.5) is zero if
RND(O) is less than 0.5, otherwise it
equals -2.

4. The full range of X is used, Lines
640 and 6505. Line 670 returns to the
main program if the bouncing sprite is
roughly near the other two.

Further examples of bouncing sprites
are given later.

Multicolour sprites

Once you understand how to create
high resolution sprites, the construction
of multicolour sprites is only slighdy
more complicated.

A number of salient features must be
noted. First, the effective horizontal reso-
lution of the pattern is reduced to 12 dots
but, in the sprite image on the screen,
each dot is now displayed as two pixels
wide. Each of these pixel pairs may be
in one of four colours. The sprite is still
constructed on the 24 by 21 grid, but to
convey the colour information each hori-
zontal dot is set with a pair of bits.

Each of the four combinations availa-
ble in this bit pair describes the colour of
the screen dot, either transparent ("off"
or screen colour), the main sprite colour
or one of the two sprite multicolours.

Bil Pair
left right

Colour

on screen

Colour Register
location

transparent - screen colour 53280

1 multicolour 53285 (V+37)

1 sprite colour V+39+SN

1 1 multicolour 1 53286 (V+38)

Let's assume we wish to draw a sin-
gle line (12 screen dots of 24 pixels)
evenly divided into the four colours. The
first three dots will be in multicolour 0,
the next three transparent ("off, screen
colour), the next three in the selected
sprite colour, and the last three in multi-
colour 1. The line of 24 bits (3 bytes)
will be

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Enabling Multicolour

To change a sprite from high resolu-
tion to multicolour involves setting the
appropriate bit in the sprite mulucolour
select register.

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For Sprite SN
select mulucolour

POKE V+28.PEEK (V+28) OR 2 A SN
' select high resolution
POKE V+28, PEEK (V+28) AND (255-
2 A SN)

Some examples are:

set sprite 2 to multicolour

POKE V+28,4

set all sprites to multicolour

POKE V+28,255

set all sprites to high resolution

POKE V+28,0

Setting colours

One of three colours (called the sprite
colour above) is the same as for high res-
olution mode and is set according to the
sprite number (V+39+SN). The other two
are common for all mulucolour sprites
and are set by

Multicolour POKE V+37,colour (0-15)
Multicolour 1 POKE V+38,colour (0-15)

Note: A PEEK to these locations alter
a RUN/STOP and RESTORE returns the
values of 244 and 240 respectively, since
the left-most four bits in these locations
arc always set to ones, the default colours
are dierefore 4 [PUR] and [BLK].

Exercise

As an example of using multicolour
sprites

1. Replace the following lines in the
sprite generator program.

•690 REM MULTI-Colour SPRITE DATA

700 REM

"7<»S432IO765432I07<»5432IO"

710 DATA"[SPACE*4]"

720 DATA"[SPACE24]"

730 DATA"[SPACE24]"

740 DATA"[SPACEfc]AA[SPACE8] AA

[SPACE*]"

750 DATA"[SPACE8]AA[SPACE4]AA

[SPACES]"

760 DATA"[SPACEl0]AAAA

[SPACEIO]"

770 DATA" [SPACES] A [SPACE] A

[SPACE] A [SPACE] A [SPACE9] "

780 DATA"[SPACE6]A[SPACE]A

[SPACE] A [SPACE] A [SPACE] A

[SPACE] A [SPACE 7]"

790 DATA"[SPACE4]A[SPACE]A

[SP ACE*] A [SPACE] A [SPACE] A

[SPACE]AA[SPA CE]A[SPACE5]"

800 DATA"[SPACE2]A[SPACE]A

[ SP ACF.2 ] A [SPACE] A [SPACE] A

[SPACE]A[SPAC E]A[SPACE]AA

[SPACE] A [SPACE}] "

810 DATA"A[SPACE]A[SPACE]A

[SPACE] A [SPACE] A [SPACE] A

[SPACE] A [SPACE ]A[SPACE]A

[SPACE] A [SPACE] A [SPACE] A

[SPACE]"

820 DATA"[SPACE4l A [SPACE] A

[SPACE] A [SPACE] A [SPACE] A

[SPACE]A[SPACE ]A[SPACE]A

[SPACE5]"

830 DATA"[SPACE6]A[SPACE]A

[SPACE] A [SPACE] A [SPACE] A

[SPACE] A [SPACE ] A [SPACES]"

840 DATA" [SPACES] A [SPACE] A

[SPACE] A [SPACE] A [SPACE] A

[SPACE7]"

850 DATA" [SPACES] AA

[ SPACE 6 J AA [SPACE6] "

86O DATA"[SPACE4]AAAA

[SPACEIO] AAAA [SPACEz] "

870 DATA"[SPACEZ4]"

880 DATA"[SPACE24]"

890 DATA" [SPACE24] "

900 DATA"[SPACE24]"

9XO DATA"[SPACE24]"

and to select multicolour mode, add the
line

135 POKE V+28,7

RUN the program and look at the pat-
tern to decipher how the colours are
achieved.

2. Change the default multicolours by
selecting two colours then add the Lines

1 36 POKE V+37, colour

137 POKE V+38, colour

720 DATA

730 DATA

740 DATA

AA AA "

750 DATA

AA AA

760 DATA

AAAA

770 DATA

AAAA

780 DATA

A A A A A A "

790 DATA

A

A A A A AA A

800 DATA

' A

A

A A A A A AA A

810 DATA

'A A

A

AAAAAAAAA"

820 DATA

A

AAAAAAA

830 DATA

A A A A A A A

840 DATA

A A A A A

B50 DATA

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AA AA

860 DATA

AAAA AAAA "

870 DATA

880 DATA

ACAR 64

Entertainment

All the latest news and views from the world of Entertainment

New Budget Titles
From Pactronics

Aquanaut, by ihe producers of The
Krysial, has just been released as part of
the new Pactronics budget line at a re-
markable RRP of S 19.95. With three
disks crammed full of action it's a defi-
nite bargain. Star Goose, another nice
blast from the past. Prospector in the
Mazes ofXor, Eye ofHorus, (a platform
style arcade adventure). Bad Company,
Starblaze (a 3-D space shoot-em-up),
GFL Baseball, GFL Golf and Hyper force
are part of the new range too - watch out
for them in your local computer store.

ACAR Hints Disk improved

Reader Adrian Jenkin of Elizabeth
North, SA, has put a lot of time and ef-
fort into improving our hints and tips
disk. Now the hints are arranged in al-

phabetical order, and split into conve-
nient subdirectories - well done, Adrian.
Remember, you can get your own ACAR
Hints Disk by sending a blank disk, a
stamped, self addressed envelope, and a
cheque for S5.00 to Phil Campbell, PO
Box 23 MaClean NSW 2463. Make sure
your SSAE is big enough for a disk!

CD-TV released at last

By now, some of our readers may
even be messing round with their very
own CD-TV! The entertainment machine
of the decade was released at the World
of Commodore show at Sydney's Dar-
ling Harbour last month to crowds of
drooling punters. Here at the ACAR En-
tertainment section we'll certainly be
keeping you posted on all the CD-TV
developments.

MINDSCAPE
Wonderland winners

This would have to rate as the
most successful competition we
have ever run! We had everyone
running to their encyclopedias to
discover that Lewis Carroll was
really Charlie Dodgson, a boring
old Maths lecturer, that. Alice was
based on Alice Lidded, and that
the hare was a March Hare. Well
done, and even if you didn't win,
at least you can say you learned
something. Who says ACAR isn't
an educational mag? So without
further ado, congratulations go to:

Anne McLennan of Mt.

Austin NSW

Andrew Foster of North

Rocks NSW

Robert Davidson of

Greensborough VIC

Francis Leeken of Milperra

NSW

Paul Veselovsky of Wilston

QLD

You'll be sure to enjoy WON-
DERLAND - the classiest adventure
game yet. Thanks lo Mindscapc for
the prizes.

MINDSCAPE AUGUST COMPETITION

SPIRIT OF EXCALIBUR

Here's a chance to join in some hair raising medieval action. MINDSCAPE are giving

away five copies of

SPIRIT OF EXCALIBUR, and

one of them could be yours! Simply read the review of the game in this issue, then

answer these questions on the back of an envelope. Stick MINDSCAPE

COMPETITION, c/o PHIL CAMPBELL, PO BOX 23 MACLEAN NSW 2463 on

the front, and YOUR name and address clearly on the back with your answers.

So what are the questions? Here they come...

a) Which "Sir" do you become?

b) What year is it in mcrric Englande?

c) Name two nasty knights.

d) Name two other good knights.

e) What show does the famous line "Goodnight John-boy" come from?

Don't mess around - get your entry in the mail as soon as you can!

This game is too good to miss.

ACAR 65

Entertainment

I've only received a few old lips from
one reader this month, so I'll begin with
some of my own. They're cartridge only,
but that can't be helped with the majority
of games today.

If you've got tips (not pokes) on how
to complete games, then send them to me
and stop whinging about the cartridge
pokes!

Creatures

This is the latest game from Thala-
mus, a company with a reputation for
producing only quality games, and this is
no exception. Creatures is one of the few
recent releases to be as polished as a
yuppie's BMW! It's damn good. As well
as the poke, there is also a built in cheat
for those of you with no cartridges. Sim-
ply (?) wait until the music dies out, now
waggle the joystick in port one. The
Fuzzies on the high score screen should
be jumping up and down like they've got
a bad case of Lemon Curry while you
waggle. Keep waggling until the Fuzzies
turn grey and then stop, plug the joystick
into port two and play the game with in-
finite lives (admittedly, you may have to
get a new hand...).

POKE 754, 173 : For whole legions
of hung-over Clyde Radcliff's...

POKE 46888, 173 : To stop that pre-
cious time from tickin' away.

POKE 15594, 96 : So Clyde can kill
earth-ridden slime, but they can't kill
him!

Golden Axe

Probe are a programming team that
churn out quality games on the C64 like
there's no tomorrow (which may be right
for the Oz industry), but Golden Axe is
an exception. No two player mode, only
one enemy attacking, no villagers run-
ning wildly aross the screen, this game
has so many faults in the conversion
stakes that it's not worth listing 'em all...
But if you wanna see Tyris Flare's excel-
lent maximum magical fx, then 'ave a
squiz at these pokes!

POKE 13150, 173 : To get loadsa en-
ergy, just like eatin' ya weetbix!

POKE 65476, X: POKE 65477, X :
Where X is the number of the magic that
you want, but it can't go past your se-
lected character's maximum.

POKE 3817, 173: POKE 3820, 173 :
For infinite magical pots...

Midnight Resistance

VISUAL FX are to style and quality
as Paul Keating was to stuffing up the
economy. They are a pretty damn good
programming team. Paul Keating was
pretty damn good at stuffing up the
economy. Nuff said...

POKE 10169, 173 : For unlimited re-
sistance fighters.

First Strike

Here's a cheat for this lurvcly After-
burner clone, just load the game, reset
and type: POKE 38316, 173: SYS 2051
<RETURN> and infinite lives are
yours...

Monty Python's
Flying Circus

Spam, spam, spam, spam, spamitty-
spam, luverly SPAM... Wliat? Oh right,
the dps. Yes, well, if you wanna have in-
finite Gumbi's just type ANNE
CHARLESTON on the high score screen
and before you can comment about ex-
ploding TV penguins, you've got a lu-
verly can of ... erm ... unlimited Gumbi's

Usagi Yojimbo

1 have no idea what this game is like,
but if it's anything like the Turtles game,
then it's a waste of time. So, if you wan-
na waste your dme then POKE 20686,
15 for infinite money.

Jack the Nipper II

If my memory serves me right this
was a pretty good arcade-adventure in
it's time. But if it wasn't, blame it on my
lobotomy!

POKE 51 1 14, 173 : For infinite nip-
pers...

Retrograde

That's how old these tips arc folks,
this game is the one that the guys at
APEX did before Creatures! But it still
deserves a bit of a poke...

POKE 50374, 173 : To give your
spectrumesque spaceman unlimited en-
ergy.

GRYZORURRRGGH!

This game is such crap that the AM-
STRAD version was better!

POKE 29187, 189 : For infinite Gry-
zor's.

Delta

Hmmm, Stravros Fasoulas' second
last game before he gave up program-
ming and joind the army... One of the
greatest shoot-em-ups of all time, even
though a poke does help a«bit...

POKE 2386, : To stop your
weapons from wearing out.

Parallax

Not one of Sensible Software's best
games, yet not one of their worst
(GALAXI-BIDS, yuk!). If you want infi-
nite lives so you can figure out this really
un-sclf explanatory game then go into
your cartridge's poke mode and enter:
POKE 5796, 96 For unlimited ships.
Well, that's all from Jellyfish, and that's
all from me.. .So, send anything at all to
me (especially a can of SPAM for my
collection) at this address:-

Slartibartfast,

4 O'Connor Dr., Bray Park, NSW
2484. □

ACAR 66

Entertainment

Super Wonder Boy

Jason Stubbings (aged 9) of Carey Bay NSW, says if you
get hit by the last monster on the first level about a centimetre
away from the end castle, a heart will come out. Grab it!
Thanks Jason. Tell your dad those rumours are true - 1 haven't
finished the Mayhem level on Lemmings, so send in the codes.
Mind you, some hints for the r-e-a-1-l-y tricky levels would
help, too!

Shadow of the Beast II

David Rich of Caringbah, NSW is hooked on Shadow of
the Beast II. He's sent the following handy tips:

1. After going west and rescuing the demon held captive,
he'll recite a lengthy spiel about rescuing his "companion".
The only valuable information I've been able to get from him is
about the "traps". He'll then tell you which lever to press on
the upstairs bridge which crosses the acid pool in the "Western
Passage". This activates the elevator. Hit the wrong one and
you're history!

2. Rescuing this demon "companion" is necessary to get
the password for entrance to the "Eastern Passage" and the sub-
sequent reward of the "parchment" (I think!). In the spirit of
true sportsmanship, , this password is variable, as is the lever in
Hint no. 1. ie. the mongrels make sure that you can't bypass
certain sequences in the game; but as in SOFTB1, you've got to
play right through!

3. Go down the rope, head left, past the Giant Macemen to
the "Karamoon Oasis". Get the jug upstairs and split.

4. Once the parchment is obtained, the next step is to head
east, past the pygmies, kill the Monster Who Shoots Gobs Of
Green Goo, and get his throwing axes. Then go back and
stomp on the thin stretch of ground. This'll get you into the
"Crystal Caverns".

5. Once inside the Caverns, the aim is to obtain the "ring".
Waste the guards and use the throwing axes to kill the draw-
bridge winder. First go up and hit both levers. Then go down
and grab key no. 1 and get captured! Offer the jug in Hint no. 2
to the guard, get key no. 2 and grab the ring. You must rescue
BOTH prisoners in order to escape through the Corridor of
Spikes.

6. Head east, past the Serpent Sea Monster, the acid river
and the bothersome bats. The Silvery Steel Swordsman can be
vanquished by looking closely at the bridge.

7. The solution to Hint no. 7 will provide you access to the
Whirlpool World. It's here that you'll obtain the Sea Horn.
But be warned! The Giant Speaking Snail demands ALL your
cash to get back!

8. Offer the Ring and the Parchment to the "Old Man".
He'll then cast a "spell", and he's more helpful in providing in-
formation. Q

Entertainment

u MAILBOX mmm

PO Box 23 Maclean NSW 2463

Address your entertainment letters to Phil Campbell, PO
BOX 23 Maclean NSW 2463, or fax them on 066 452060.
Keep your comments or questions brief and to the point.

FRA - The Riddle Answered

Dear Phil, In the June Edition of ACAR, Andy Phang asks
in his review of the game Tower FRA if any German readers
can enlighten him as to the meaning of "FRA". I'm not Ger-
man, but FRA is the IATA (International Air Transport Associ-
ation) airport code for Frankfurt-Main. I hope this is of some
help.

Kingstey Bugarin,
Guildford WA

Ed: Sorry, you're not German so we can't accept your an-
swer. Seriously, though, Kingsley, thanks for taking the time to
enlighten us. And just think ... you're one of the few people in
the world to know something that Andy Phang didn't!

Back to the Future help wanted

Dear Phil, I have just purchased an Amiga 500 along with
Back to the Future

2. Trouble is, I haven't been, able to make it past the first
level because of difficulties in trying to ride my hover board
through Hill Valley. I've tried time after time, and I still can't
make it. Would you please - I repeat, would you PLEASE -
help me by telling me the cheat for the game, as I'm sure there
would be one. I feel if I can't obtain these, then I would have
wasted my money.

Andrew Webb
Toogoolawah, Qld

Ed: Well, Andrew, you'll be glad to know our readers have
a great track record in answering pleas for help. And yours, I
might add, is more heart-rending than most. Keep watching
these pages!

More help please-
Dear Phil, Can anyone help me witht the game Spherical?
I'm currently stuck on Level 20, because I don't know how to
kill the dragon. I have a C-64 computer, and although the C-64
content in ACAR is getting lower, I still enjoy reading the arti-
cles, tutorials and reviews on the Amiga. Keep up the good
work.

Edmond Tatti
Tullamarine, Vic

Ed: Thanks for the comments on the mag, Edmond - we're
trying to keep the C-64 fires burning, but the day has to come

ACAR 67

Entertainment

when you take the leap to Amiga-land.
And when you do, you'll be well pre-
pared. In the mean time, let's hope some
readers can help with your Spherical
dilemma.

Flights of fancy for C-64

Dear Phil, Could you please advise
me at to the best fighter pilot simulation
game for the C-64. I've got the F-15
Strike Eagle, which is good, but what
about F-16 Combat Pilot, F-18 Hornet,
Fighter Bomber, and Project Stealth
Fighter 1 } Any help would be gready ap-
preciated.

Mark Bishop
Wagga Wagga, Vic

Ed: Our C-64 specialist Damian
Coynes says Fighter Bomber has great
presentation, but is a little slow. He rec-
ommends Aero-Jet from MicroProse.
Contact Questor on 02 662 7944 for de-
tails of availability .

Pat on the back
for clever contacts

Dear Phil, Just a quick letter to say
thanks to all the "Clever Contacts" peo-
ple in your mag. They've helped me
complete two of my games - top class
service! It's great to know there are peo-
ple like them around who are willing to
help fellow games-addicts.

1 enjoy reading ACAR a lot. I re-
cently converted from an English mag,
which was filled with nothing but shoot
'em ups. ACAR is great, because not on-
ly does it have excellent reviews on a
wide variety of games, but it's got Ad-
venturers Realm and your excellent col-
umn. Keep up the good work!

Ben Toyne
Brisbane, QLD

Ed: Credit has to go to Mike Spiteri
and the Clever Contacts team, as well as
other readers who write in with help.

Long live The Giana Sisters

Dear Phil, I'm a new Amiga owner,
and I enjoy reading your magazine very
much. Could you help me out with
cheating in Giana Sisters, please? What
I need are unlimited lives ...

Simon Valentine
Bendigo, Vic

Ed: Stay tuned, Simon - and just to
keep you going white you wait for some-
one to write in, try pressing A,R,MJfl
keys together to skip the level you're
stuck in.

Competition confusion

Dear Phil, I've bought about 10 is-
sues of ACAR, and I think they're great
value for money. My only disappoint-
ment is that when you have the Mind-
scape competitions, I've only got a week
to enter by the lime your mag ends up in
my newsagent!

Matthew Diggens
Port Pirie, SA

Ed: You're not the first to complain,
Matthew, and we're doing our best.
Problem is, we like to announce the win-
ners two months after the competition,
and to do that we've got to close entries
by the end of the month. So remember,
don't dilly-dally - get your entries in as
quickly as you can. In the meantime,
we'll do our best to stretch our dead-
lines.

Dealers panned and praised

Dear Phil, Thanks for your competi-
tions and the variety in the mag. I'm
writing to tell of my experiences with
some of the companies that have ads in
your mag. I've had a bad run trying to
order 'Powercopy' from PCM Comput-
ers. After chasing wrong addresses and
trying STD phone calls, I had no luck.
In desperation I sent off to to PCM's
P.O. Box - and after three weeks I finally
got the goods! The pain is that you need
two disk drives to use it. On the other
hand, Mindscape have been fantastic -
efficient, responsive, and polite to boot.
All the best with a great magazine.

David Rossi
Ulver stone, Tas

Ed: Well David, the fact that you
need two disk drives to use Powercopy is
hardly surprising - why didn't you do
your homework first? And whose fault is
it if PCM weren't at the address you
wanted them to be? Sending mail to a
PO Box is hardly a "last resort" - /
mean, businesses have PO Boxes for just
that very reason, don't they? A three
week turn-around on your order may be
a little on the long side - maybe they
were out of stock when you ordered?

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ACAR 68

Entertainment

An Entertainment Revolution

Gail Wellington, Director of Special
Projects, Commodore International, last
month introduced Australia to a quiet
revolution in home entertainment. The
Darling Harbour launch of the clumsily
named but neatly acronymed "Com-
modore Dynamic Total Vision" opened
with a singer on a real live horse. Natu-
rally, the horse did what horses do best
in the middle of the red carpet. Then
there were some speeches.
And finally, a full scale
demonstration of the much
touted "CD for your TV."
With 650 megabytes of
storage linked to the
Amiga sound and video
chips, and access to full
audio CD capabilities as
well, the CD-TV is a mind
stretching machine - espe-
cially if you want to play
games.

Wellington demon-
strated a number of up-
coming titles, and all of
them were impressive. In
every case, the huge stor-
age capacity of the CD
unit was put to good use,
sometimes for graphics,
sometimes for sound, and
sometimes for a huge
database of information.

What, for example, do
you get when you photo-
graph Muirficld golf
course every 30 metres or
so and store the results on
compact disk? You get
Jack Nicklaus Unlimited
Golf, the first golf simula-
tion that approaches virtu-
al reality. Produced by Ac-
colade, the game features a
beautifully animated

golfer, great sound effects

and breathtaking real-life views. Sched-
uled for completion before Christmas,
the game will retail for under $100.

Xenon 2 - Megablast is already a
well-known game. It's a vertically
scrolling shoot-'em-up, full of high
speed action for players with razor sharp
reflexes. The original Amiga version was
famous for its pulsating sound track. But
wait 'til you play the enhanced CD-TV
version. Now the synchronised audio
track is lifted straight from compact disk,
and the impact is dramatic. Hook it up to
your home stereo and you will feel like
you're at the movies.

One popular game that didn't quite
survive the transition from board and
dice to screen and disk was Trivial Pur-
suit. British software house Domark
spent a fortune on obtaining conversion
rights, then produced a computer game
that was inferior to the original in almost

every respect. That, of course, was pre
CD-TV. Add hundreds of high resolution
digitised pictures, full stereo sound and
computerised animation to the database
of 2000 questions and Trivial Pursuit
comes to life.

The animated quizmaster - a cartoon-
ish owl - asks questions in a clipped
British accent. "What percentage of
chimpanzee genes are the same as a hu-
man being's?" As he speaks, the screen
displays a colour picture of a cheeky
chimp. Give the correct answer - 99% -
and an orchestra bursts into life with a
full scale fanfare, accompanied by the
applause of a huge audience. Very re-
warding.

Without a doubt, though, the star of
the show was PlanetSide, an amazing
game from Psygnosis. It's still far from
finished - in fact, it's not scheduled for
release until Christmas 1992. But boy oh
boy it's hot. As the roar of
jet engines pumps through
the stereo speakers a steely-
grey fighter swoops across
the screen. A mountain
landscape scrolls smoothly
underneath - fractal graph-
ics, regenerated from com-
pressed data on the fly. The
view changes. Now we're in
the cockpit, and it's a life
and death chase as we try to
bring down a guided mis-
sile. Another scene change,
just like at the movies, and
now we're looking at the ac-
tion from above. This stuff
is real - and nobody can re-
sist applauding as Gail
Wellington brings the
demonstration to a close.

These arc games to look
forward to - and they're just
the beginning. The CD-TV
is an entertainment platform
with immense potential, and
from this early taste of
what's on offer it looks like
the potential will be re-
alised. Here at the ACAR
entertainment section we'll
be keeping you informed -
watch out for our brand new
CD-TV section starting next
issue. Q

ACAR 69

Entertainment

Maybe Paul Keating has faded from
view, but his recession is still larger than
life. It is at my place, anyway. You're
struggling to make the house payments.
You can't afford petrol for the Jag. Your
Bankcard bill is burgeoning. And you re-
ally, really NEED some new computer
games to add a little joy to your other-
wise drab existence.

But what can you do? New release
games are a luxury. With prices near the
thick end of the hundred dollar mark, a
new game can make a big hole in the av-
erage weekly budget.

The answer, if you're patient, is to
wait for your favourite game to be
released in a compilation pack. Sure, the
yuppies have played it already. But who
cares? You're going to get a bargain.

The average compilation pack con-
tains four games for about the price of a
single new release. Not bad. But these
days we're talking recession, and that
means it's time for something more dras-
tic. Something like the Big Box. The
name fits. The box is twice the normal
size. And inside it you'll find not four,
but ten Amiga games.

The titles come from the back cata-
logue of quality French software house
Infogrames, and granted, they're getting
a bit long in the tooth. Amazing how
time flies - back in 1987 I was impressed
by pre-release demonstrations of Captain

Blood and Tintin on

the Moon. Now
they're in the Big Box.
But don't complain.
They're still good
games, and at the rec-
ommended retail price
of $79.95, you're pay-
ing less than eight
bucks each.

Hostages is anoth-
er game with a good
pedigree. You're the
leader of a crack anti-
terrorist team assigned
the task of liberating a group of hostages
in an embassy. With smooth, large scale
animation and atmospheric gameplay,
this is a game with real class.

Jumping Jackson is altogether differ-
ent. This one is a puzzle style maze
game with a healthy dash of rock-'n-roll.
In a unique twist. Jumping Jackson
makes you build your own sound track.
The cutesy guy you guide around the
screen picks up colour coded records -
put a disk on the matching turntable, and
the music begins. First the bass track.
Then drums. Then guitar. And you've
got your very own version of the Rolling
Stones classic Jumping Jack Flash. Dif-
ferent indeed, and very good fun.

In a vaguely similar vein comes
Krypton Egg, which is nothing more nor
less than a very smooth version of
Breakout. Remember the primordial
video game where you had to bounce
bricks out of a wall with a blip shaped
ball? Same game, but now with much
more finesse, and a host of added fea-
tures like power-up bonuses and laser
canons. It doesn't claim to be original -
there arc plenty of Breakout clones. But
this one is as good as most.

Safari Guns promotes an interesting
ethic. You're in the wilds of Africa, and
you're carrying a camera and a gun. A
parade of wild animals and khaki clad
poachers passes across your screen at
random - and guess which ones you have
to shoot? Yep, this is another case of
greenies gone crazy - shoot as many peo-
ple as you like, just as long as you don't
touch the animals. Still, it's a pretty en-
tertaining game requiring fast reflexes on
the change from camera to gun.

Teenage Queen didn't have much ap-
peal. Playing strip poker with a computer
is not my idea of fun. Trouble is, I al-
ways lose - not a good game for winter.

Bubble Plus, Stir Crazy and Purple
Saturn Day are the remaining titles, and I
haven't really checked them out. After
all. playing your way through ten games
takes time. Thai's why the Big Box is big
value. Plenty of variety, good quality
games and a rea-
sonable price tag
make it a compi-
lation I would
happily recom-
mend. □

Distributed by:
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02 748 4700
RRP $79.95
C 64 $49.95

ACAR 70

Entertainment

ANDREW GORMLEY was feeling bored. But then he got hold of
a life-changing game from Mindscape, and with all the zeal of a
missionary, he's out to convert you. Will he succeed? Read on...

Turrican II:
The Final Fight

About a year ago. Rainbow Arts pro-
duced what is arguably one of the best
shool 'em-ups of all time: Turrican. The
combination of great graphics, fantastic
gameplay and absolutely brilliant sound
blew Turrican into the charts with after-
burners ablaze. This excellent game gave
Rainbow Arts a much needed boost. This
time, however, they've gone one better
and released the sequel - Turrican II:
The Final Fight.

And they have indeed gone one bet-
ter. All of the factors which gave Turri-
can its popularity have been included -
and also enhanced - while the slight
Haws have been ironed out. For example,
the laser which simply turned without
out any action from the little fighter in
the original (shooting through your head
was quite amusing! ) has been changed so
thai he actually swings the gun around in
a full circle. There are many other little
details like that which make Turrican II
a great game.

The detail in the graphics is incredi-
ble. The characters are superbly drawn
with realistic movement. Not onlv that.

but the range of colour is
startling if you study the back-
ground scenes closely. I reckon
that there would be a spectrum
of around 64 colours in just one
of the waterfalls!

As in the first Turrican, the
scrolling is excellent and
doesn't hamper gameplay at
all. It's very smooth and gives
the game a good all-round feel.
I think thai [he music has
fallen ever so slightly in its re-
lation to the game. The sound-
track is good, but isn't the ex-
citing and victorious megablast
we had all enjoyed in the origi-
nal. Full marks to the com-
posers of the tune - but this time [he mu-
sic isn't quite appropriate for the fast-
moving, quick-acting game which Turri-
can II is.

Finally, the complex gameplay is the
factor which changes Turrican II: The
Final Fight from a simple shoot 'em-up
with good graphics and sound to an
award-winning computer hit. Even in the
first Turrican it was a little bit
of the old "go from left to right
and shoot anything that
moves'. The sequel has
changed all of lhat. Well, may-
be with the exception of shoot-
ing anylhing lhat moves!

For example, in one level,
you are blocked from getting to
the extreme right of the level
by a furious wind which
throws out all the little dead
crilters you blew apart - as well
as a few live ones to keep you
from getting complacent. The
answer? Just jump down a wa-
terfall to find yourself in an en-
tire underground cave complex
full of monsters - the nocturnal

variety this time! After destroying the
cavern community you have a choice of
a number of tunnels to the surface, but
only one will get you righl to the top. It's
then that you have to .fight the big
end-of-level guardian. And what's he
like? Again the magnificent gameplay.
I'll give you just one comment: AC/DC
should hire him as a professional dancer
for Thunderstruck.

By now you should be able to realise
why Turrican II: The Final Fight is such
a superb game and why it is claiming
rave reviews all around the globe. C64
users don't have any reason to complain
either, as Rainbow Arts have released
the Commodore version as well - and
from what I've heard it's as near Amiga
quality as that computer will go. □

Distributed by:
Mindscape

02 899 2277
RRP Amiga $69.95
C 64 cassette $39.95
C 64 disk $49.95

ACAR 71

Entertainment

ROSS CAYNES doesn't know whether he's coming or going.
And he doesn't know whether he likes this game or not. I
think he does. But read on, and decide for yourself...

After three years of
belting out Advanced Dun-
geons and Dragons com-
puter role-playing games,
you would think SSI would
be innovative and try
something completely dif-
ferent, wouldn't you? Of
course you would (I know I
did). But if you've been

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waiting with baited breath for something
new, original, perhaps unique, now is the
time to expel that breath of hope and in-
hale a deep lungful of the truth. Death
Knights Of Krynn is the usual AD&D
stuff we've come to expect from SSI. So
if you absolutely detest SSI's AD&D
conversions, avert thine eyes now!! If,
however, you can't get enough of the
damned repetitive things, like myself,
read on...

Krynn

The combat graphics and sound, for
example, are very nice. Oh my wordy
yes, very nice indeed, though nothing
new (not that I'm complaining, mind
you). The range of levels is much
greater, rising even unto the lofty pinna-
cles of 18th level, some-
thing not often accom-
plished in actual AD&D!
The spell levels are also
greatly increased, allowing
mastery of up to 8 th level
Wizard, 7th level Priest and
2nd level Druid, quite an
impressive range of spells,
to say the least.

You may notice I called D.K.O.K
(oo-er) a 'computer role-playing game'.
Perhaps this is a bit strong when you
come to think of it. You sec, enjoyable
though the game is, it is little more than
a first-person perspective hack-n-slash-
walk through a maze-pick up the magic
items and then finish the game type of
thing. What I mean is, there isn't really
much role-playing in the game. There
arc some yes or no questions and quite a
few mazey bits, but no pure role-playing.
It might have been best if SSI had called
it a 'Computer Combat Game' because
roughly threcquarters of your time is
spent doing just that.

This minor gripe (I know it doesn't
look minor) is one of the things that
should be pointed out - it just isn't the
game for hardcore role-players. There
are a number of other gripes as well, un-
fortunately. For example, chintzy sound.

It would also seem that they've had
the same problem with the non-combat
graphics as they're almost the same as,
in fact they may be a bit worse, than,
those on Pools of Radiance! Except for
the map, of course, which has fewer dis-
tinguishing features than a rotten lemon.
Quite a few times I found myself trying
to walk into a rock, thinking it was a
town, only to bump into a mountain half
an hour later to discover it's really a city
in fancy dress!

But enough of my whinging, eh? The
way I go on it seems like the game is
about as much fun as Saddam Hussein in
bed. There are in fact several good points
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There are new character classes (in-
cluding my favourite, the Paladin) allow-
ing even the most picky of players to
create an adventuring party to their lik-
ing. And to combat these- new classes
what do we expect but new monsters,
and there really are quite a lot of them
too.

If you like combat orientated adven-
tures, if you just like AD&D, Drag-
onlance or are simply new to the scene,
try this game out by all means. I did, and
I love it! □

Ratings:

Role Playing:

30%

Documentation:

80%

Graphics:

60%

Sound:

75%

Gameplay:

85%

Overall:

88%

Distributed by:

Electronic Arts

075 963 488

RRP C64 $49.95

Soon to be released for Amiga

ACAR 72

Entertainment

Get ready for some medieval antics as Phil Campbell sets out
on the quest to become King of Merrie Englande...

Being born with a silver spoon in
your mouth isn't as good as it sounds.
For one thing, it can be very painful for
your mum. And for another, it can get
you into all sorts of nasty situations.

Put yourself in Sir Constantine's
boots for a moment. He's a typical
medieval "born-to-rule" type of guy.
upper crust, educated at all the right
schools. And life's not easy at all -
especially since the death of King
Arthur. Some people want Constan-
tine to take over. And others want
him dead.

That's the 'meat in the sandwich'
situation you'll find yourself chewing
over in Spirit of Exccilibur, a chival-
rous medieval tale set in the Merrie
Englande of 539 AD. The first chal-
lenge is to guide Constantine safely to
the throne. Then you will preside over
the Knights of the Round Table in an ef-
fort to bring stability to your fragmented
nation, while fighting off the evil ad-
vances of Melehen and Morgolon. When
you sort that lot out. there's more. Like a
giant warrior at the walls of Camelot. Or
the Enchanted Knights of the Forest
Sauvage. And in the final episode. Mor-
gan Le Fay's Revenge.

Spirit of Exccilibur
is a beautifully crafted
game. Even the instruc-
tion manual is a work
of art - the text reflects
thorough historical re-
search, and the deli-
cately tinted woodcuts
add an authentic touch
of atmosphere.

The quality is just
as apparent on the
screen. The game is controlled from a
scrolling map display, with a HyperCard
style system giving access to close-up
pictures of each village and castle. With
a colour palette picking up the lush

greens of the English countryside and a
style reflecting the influence of medieval
tapestry, the graphics are dazzling.

Spirit of Exccilibur breaks traditional
boundaries. It's a blend of fantasy role
playing, adventure and combat simula-
tion, with an optional dose of action in
the fight sequences. Early in the game,
for example. I encounter a monk. "Ah,
Lord Constantine." he exclaims. "You
have come just in time. The evil Knight
Lupinus has challenged Sir Villars to
single combat. But Sir Villars himself
is recovering from wounds he received
in Wales. Will you stand as champion
in his place?"

Always eager to impress, I accept
the challenge. In a traditional Role
Playing game, the outcome of the bat-
tle will depend on the accumulated
skill-points of your character rather
than your speed with the joystick. You
can certainly play it that way if you

Distributed by:
Mindscape
02 899 2277
RRP Amiga $69.95

Ratings:

Graphics: 86%
Sound: 79%
Gameplay 83%
Overall: 84%

prefer, but if
you're itching
for action you
can take over,
controlling ev-
ery thrust and
parry for your-
self. This time I
simply choose to watch, as Constantine
makes easy work of his enemy. In mo-
ments Lupinus lies dead on the cobble-
stones, and the grateful Sir Villars falls
to his knees. "My Lord Constantine," he
says, "You are a worthy successor to
King Arthur. I swear my eternal fealty to
you and the realm." A good start in my
quest to become King.

Soon I have added Sir Gahalan-
tine to my list of allies. Then there's a
tactful donation to the influential Ab-
bot of Salisbury and some clever po-
litical manoeuvring, and by the time I
arrive at Camelot I'm welcomed with
open arms. "Long live the King!" But
that's just the beginning - and after a
quick meeting of my cabinet around
the famous table, we're off on our
very first quest. Now role playing
fans will really be in their element,
with characters to select, equip and
galvanise into a first-rate team.
To my mind, the best thing about
Spirit of Excalibitr is that it's simple to
play. Sure, it's beautifully presented.
And sure, there's depth - plenty of it,
with hundreds of computer generated
characters and cities scattered around the
16 screen scrolling map. But in this case,
style, depth and simple fun are superbly
blended into a thoroughly engrossing
game. Q

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ACAR 73

Entertainment

Hill St. Blues

It's Roll Call - 7:03am. Sergeant Es-
terhaus is at the podium, and he's wait-
ing to give out the assignments for the
day. No, this isn't the TV version of Hill
Street Blues we're talking about here -
it's the Pactronics version for the Amiga.

At first 1 must confess I was a little
disappointed. I'm not sure what I was
anticipating, but when I booted-up the
game it was something completely unex-
pected. This isn't the fast-action, shoot-
"em-up I thought it might be. This game
involves thought and planning. Mind
you, after a few attempts. I was hooked!
Your job is to keep the crime rate under
control in the Hill Street precinct. At
your disposal are nine officers (Coffee.
Hill. Renko, etc. - all the regulars). You
can dispatch them as you wish to fight
crimes as they're reported to you over
the radio. It takes some time to get the
hang of this. When you"re sending out
nine officers it becomes a little difficult
to remember where they are or who
they're looking for. (I'd suggest you
have a pen and paper handy to make
notes.)

At any point in the game you can go
to Captain Furillo's office. From here
you deploy your officers, inspect the
crimes available for investigation, check
on the morale of the officers and see if
you're managing to keep the crime rate
under control. This, really, is the engine

room of the game.

The screen dis-
plays an aerial view
of part of the
precinct. As you se-
lect an officer you'll
view the part of the
precinct where he's
investigating his
crime. As soon as
you spot the suspect,
arrest him and take
him back to the sta-
tion.

When you do
make an arrest you'll
need to make good
notes about the sus-
pect and the crime. Why? Because you'll
have to go to court and identify the sus-
pect as well as give details about the ar-
rest (by the way. Joyce Davenport is
there to represent the crook in court).
You'll have to identify the alleged crimi-
nal in a line up - if you can't he'll go
free.

The sound in the game is limited to a
bit of city noise - cars and horns, and the
siren of your patrol car. Not too exciting

- bul noise isn't the point of the game.
The game looks good. The graphics are
sharp and the whole thing flows well.
From your aerial view there are cars
moving around, pedestrians, garbage in
the street - ii all looks very realistic.

Hill Street Blues is a great game of
skill and planning. 1 liked the game a lot

- it gave me the chance to fight crime
along with my TV heroes. If you're
looking for fast action and lots of vio-
lence then forgei about the Hill. But if
you're looking for a game to test your
skills of organisation and strategy, then
this is the one! □

Luke Tattersall

Ratings:

Graphics 82%

Sound 58%

Payability 76%
Addictiveness 73%
Overall 78%

Distributed by:
Pactronics

02 748 7400
RRP Amiga $59.95

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RI'S

If you are stuck in any adventure game, or if you need a push in the right direc-
tion, send your problem to: Adventurers Realm, 12 Bridle Place, Pakenham, Vic
3810.

If I can help, I'll send you the answer lb your problem. If I cannot help, your
problem will appear among these pages and eventually someone will write in with
assistance. Hint sheets for the following adventure games are available free of any
charge:

Zak McKracken, Maniac Mansion, Indy, Zork I, Zork II, Zork III, Bards Tale I,
Bards Tale II, Bards Tale III, Guild of Thieves, Jinxier, Pawn, Fish, Uninvited, Deja
Vu, Hampstead, Hitchhikers Guide, Faery Tale, Borrowed Time, NeverEndingStory,
Dracula Pt2, Hobbit, Adventureland, Pirate Adventure.

Choose up to four, enclose a stamped addressed envelope, and send your request
to: Free Hint Sheets, 12 Bridie Place, Pakenham, Vic 3810

The Realm also caters lor those who love role-playing-games (such as Pool of
Radiance, Azure Bonds, etc). If you are stuck in a role-playing game, write to
Kamikaze Andy - alias Andy Phang:

Realm's RPG Dungeon P.O.Box 315, Maddington, WA 6109.

Andy does not have hint sheets, and like me, will not reply to any letters that do
not have a stamped addressed envelope enclosed.

If you have a modem, you might like to log on to Island BBS - Realm's official
bulletin board. You can leave your queries on the Realm's BBS mailbox, and even
chat with other adventurers, or download hints and tips. Island BBS also offer many
other interesting things for you to explore, and membership is a few dollars if you
decide to join. It is available 24 hours a day - ring (03) 742 3993.

Finally, The Official Adventurers Realm Hint Book is out now at a newsagent
near you. It costs S9.00 for specialised hints covering over forty adventure games.
Can 't find a copy? Ring (02) 398 5 1 1 1 and ask for Darrien. □

About the Realm

Adventure games - they have been
around in some form or another for years,
and for over three decades thousands of
adventure games have been played on all
sorts of computers.

Just when you thought the era of the
adventure game had come to an end,
when the likes of perplexing parsers,
compelling stories, and brainteasing
problems seemed to be a thing of past,
and the days of solving Infocom classics
are all but gone; just when you had be-
gun to accept that role-playing games are
the closest you would ever get to reliving
that old adventure game magic, an excit-
ing stream of new adventure games have
rolled out - begging to be solved.

Next month, Adventurer's Realm will
be celebrating five years of bringing to-
gether and helping adventurers from all
over Australia. The fact that an article
can run for five years covering just one
facet of computer games is enough of an
indication that adventure games are here
to stay!

New exciting releases from ex-
Infocom author Steve Meretzky, Magnet-
ic Scrolls, and Sierra are leading what ap-
pears to be a strong return to the excite-
ment, addictiveness and fun that made
adventure games so popular in the first
place.

Next month, the Realm will be look-
ing back at the progression of adventure
games through history, and what we can
expect in the future. There- will be a huge
selection of hints and tips, and even a
few goodies for you to win. So if you're
an adventure fan, don't miss next months
bumper Realm section! □

Realm's Chit Chat

Clever contact Scott Logan is thinking of starting a small
adventure club for Commodore 64 adventurers. Send a stamped
addressed envelope to Scott (address is in clever contacts sec-
tion) for more info.

Kylie Daley wrote in asking for a list of adventure games
the Realm stocks. Eh, I'm afraid the Realm doesn't stock ad-
venture games. We do stock hint sheets, however!! Kylie
would also like some help in Pool of Radiance.

Mark Bishop of Wagga Wagga writes.... "I was recently
given a disk with the game Sorcerer on it. Unfortunately, I was
not given the instructions on how to play the game. As it looks
like an interesting game, I was wondering if you could help me
in obtaining a copy of the instructions." MS: Out of the ques-
tion! Don't you know its illegal to pirate programs'? Does any-
one have an original copy of Sorcerer they could sell Mark?

Clever Contacts

A couple more clever contacts who are willing to volunteer
their lime and effort to help troubled adventurers. Firstly, a big
thank you to all our clever contacts, and secondly, always en-
close a stamped addressed envelope when writing to a clever
contact.

Scott Logan, 9 Colington Street, Mansfield, Brisbane,
QLD 4122 can offer help in.... Pool of Radiance, Zak Mckrack-
en, Temple Curse, Last Planet, Island of Spies, Adventureland,
Curse of Azure Bonds, and Corruption.

Allan Mills, 36 Pickworth Street, Holt, ACT 2615 can offer
help in: Maniac Mansion, Ultima 1,2, Neuromancer, Space
Quest 1,3,4, Leather Goddesses, Larry 3, Pool of Radiance,
Curse of Azure Bonds, and starters in Kings Quest IV. □

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Kamikaze Andy

Congratulations must go out to Acco-
lade, who did a fantastic job converting
its hit text-graphics adventure Search for
tfie King to the Amiga. With 32-colour
graphics and superb music, Search for
the King is definitely one of the best ad-
ventures of the year. Amiga owners who
buy the game also get a bonus hinibook
thrown in, which will come in handy as
you attempt some of the weirder puzzles.

By the way, Accolade will release Al-
tered Destiny (again, it's a magnificent
Amiga conversion of an IBM-PC adven-
ture) next month, and hopefully Conspir-
acy: The Deadlock Files (which will fea-
ture digitized photographs as graphics,

and will also be
released for

CDTV) by the end
of the year. There
will be a sequel to
Search for the
King, and it will
feature a mouse
"point and click"
interface instead of
the type-in parser
used in the first
game. Look for the
sequel early next
year. All games
will require 1 megabyte of memory and
a hard disk is recommended.

SSI has just brought out its long
awaited Amiga conversion of Secret of
the Silver Blades (the third in its Forgot-
ten Realms AD&D series), which should
please many RPG fans. However, there
isn't much of a difference graphics or
soundwise, and the gameplay is pretty
much the same as previous efforts (effec-
tively, lots of combat!). The fourth in-
stallment of the series is already planned
for release in early January, and is tenta-
tively titled Pools of Darkness.

The sequel to Buck Rogers has been
put back to next year as well, and there
has been confir-
mation that a
sequel to the
hugely popular
Eye of the Be-
holder will
eventuate some-
time next year
on Amiga. By
the way. Eye of
the Beholder is
one of the Dun-
geon's favourite
games this year,
and SSI has cer-
tainly done a
great job in the
Amiga version.
In what is
probably one of
the greatest
shocks of the
year. Origin has
disclosed that
Ultima VII will
completely
abandon the

bird's-eye view that was used in the pre-
vious six games. In fact. Ultima VII will
closely resemble Wing Commander in
interface, being a first person perspective
game!! How die-hard Ultima fans will
take to such news will depend on how
Origin implements the new system.
Sources in the company claim that using
such a method makes the game easier to
play, and more realistic. Hmm. We'll
have to wait and see (and when I mean
wait, I mean wait! Ultima VII is sched-
uled for Amiga conversion sometime
late next year!).

Speaking of all things Origin, design-
er Chris Roberts has started work on
Road Commander (tentative title), which
will use an interface similar to his
ground breaking Wing Commander, but
set on solid ground. Details of the game
is still sketchy, but the Dungeon will
bring you updates as they appear. Mind-
scape UK has done a pretty good job
converting Wing Commander for Amiga,
using 32 colours and ray-traced graphics.
Expect it out sometime in October.

Finally, many of you are probably
wondering whatever happened to Land
of Legends, a much touted RPG that was
supposed to be out in 1989, but has yet
to be seen? Well, publishers Microlllu-
sions seem to have gone out of business,
and with it goes Land of Legends. Hope-
fully some other company will pick up
the title, which had colourful graphics
and lots of potential.

The sequel to Microlllusion's most
famous title, Faery Tale Adventure, is
definitely coming out on Amiga format
later this year, but this time it's distribut-
ed by New World Computing. Along
with Faery Tale II, New World will be
coming out with Might and Magic III:
Isles of Terra for Amiga sometime in
December. It features some of the great-
est graphics ever seen on 16-bit ma-
chines, and also utilises a fair amount of
digitized speech! Unfortunately, New
World has confirmed that since the game
is so large, a hard disk is absolutely es-
sential to play the game.

Planet's Edge is another RPG com-
ing up from New World, but it has a sci-
ence fiction scenario and features over-
head Ultima VI style graphics, rather
than the usual Might and Magic 3D
view. Expect it in January! □

Eye of the Beholder

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Troubled Adventurers

Alas, here are some problems that
need solutions quickly. If you can help
out, please write it soon! !

Chris Stratum from Victoria is
stuck on Star Command, in the mission
where the Princess' ship was attacked
and she escaped near a black hole. How
does Chris find her?

(Chris would also like some help

with the swamp in Legend of the Sword!)

George Glover of Queanbeyan in

NSW would like any help for two

games- Astrodus Affair and Runaway.

The Loser from Bondi Beach, NSW,
desperately needs some help in Buck
Rogers. He is up to the part of the game
that involves the smashed spaceship
(Level 2). He's not really sure what to
do!

Vicky Cooke from Salisbury Nth in
SA is stuck in Island of Spies. She is on
the mining ground, has moved the rock
and truck to reveal a tunnel leading
south, but she cannot seem to go south.
Help needed soon, please!

Battleiech has claimed yet another
victim, this time in the form of Brian Je-
witt of Ashgrove in Queensland. Brian is
stuck in the map room and is unable to
gain access to the room off it. He re-
quires the password, and hopes to find
the white code in there to send off the
message to K. (?). Only a Battletech ex-
pert can help Brian.

Darren Healy of South Windsor
writes to me with a Lemmings problem!
(Arrgh! I had a feeling a few of these
would creep through!) He is stuck on
Tricky Level 26 (BKONMNFKIFQ). If
anyone can help Darren, please send it to
Phil Campbel'ls section! Darren is also
stuck in Shadowgaie. Any hits will help
him out.

Finally, Christine Hill of Florey,
ACT is stuck in the Jetsons. She can get
George Jctson to the planet of
Robotopia, but she does not know what
to do next! Any takers?

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Smart Adventurers
Dept.

If you were stuck a few months back,
then there is a good chance the answer to
your problem is here - below!!!
Many thanks to those who kindly sent in
their hints.

Game: Kings Quest 4
For: Stuart George (June issue)
From: Dale Priem, Oyster Bay, NSW.
Help: Firstly, when you are on the pier
you must jump off and swim west for
three screens, avoiding the sharks. You
will come to an island, and if you search
all the beaches you will find a peacock
feather. Secondly, the caves behind the
waterfall have a number of screens. You
must save the game before you go into

each screen, and if the troll is there you
must restore the last game (sometimes he
is not there).

Finally, you cannot get into the gi-
ant's house until you have brought the
unicorn to the evil witch. After that, the
door will be unlocked.
Game: The Jetsons

For: Matt and Luke Walsh (June issue)
From: Christine Hill, Florey, ACT.
Help: Go into Judy's room, and move
her computerised dancing shoes. The car
keys are under them. From the living
room, shute down to the garage. Use the
keys to unlock the car and open the
canopy. Entering the car will automati-
cally take you out of the house, but you
can always return. Don't forget to go in-
to the living room and get the briefcase
(in the lower right-hand corner of the
screen). I also get the bowls and maga-
zine on the coffee table, but I haven't
found a use for them yet! There is a
credit card in the drawer of the night- ta-
ble (in the main bedroom), which is quite
handy at the shopping mall. □

Stuck in an adventure game?
Need help? - get your copy of
the Official Adventurer's Realm
Hint Book now!

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"Adventurers Realm"
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Ratings:

Graphics: 87%
Sound: 80%
Gameplay: 90% - mouse
40% with joystick
Overall: 89%

VECTOR
CHAMPIONSHIP RUN

If you're a Formula One freak like me, then you're the type of
person who sits around till 1 .00 am to see the races live. In the end,
though, we car racing freaks always end up hanging out for a slice
of the action - there'd be nothing like doing a bit of racing yourself,
would there? Well, now it's almost possible - thanks to Vector

Championship Run by Zeppelin •

Games.

A snappy soundtrack introduces

you to the selection screen. There's

a choice of six Formula One circuits

(including Monaco and Silverstone),

and you can also opt for controlling

your car via the joystick or the

mouse. It turns out that using the

mouse is the smoother way to
control your temperamental and jerky Formula One car - so if you
want to avoid frustration, ditch the joystick for this one.

The 3-D graphics are great! From the cockpit of your car it's
quite easy to get the sense of sweeping into the bends. But hit the
railing or another car and you'll know all about it - the crunches
help you enter into the Formula One world of buckling panels and
dented egos. I managed to actually overtake a few competitors,
but in the end the gameplay still had heaps of challenge left in it. Distributed by: Pactronics 02 748 4700
Yep, this one's worth your while. (MF) □ RRP Amiga $49.95

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Hey - pssst! Are you into the pub scene? You know, the smokey
social dens of the average working man - the place where you watch
the greyhound races on the Skychannel and knock back a few beers
with the boys. Where the jokes get a bit on the bawdy side, and
everybody gets into a good game of darts.

Especially the darts! There's no substitute for hearing the satisfying
clunk of a well-aimed dart hit the board. Jockey Wilson's Darts is what
you'll be using on your Amiga. The package features three separate
dart games - Tournament Play, Two Player Head-to-Head, and the
'Round the Clock' game.

The graphics in this package are really quite good. You're
confronted with a normal matchplay dartboard, with your dart floating
around in the foreground. When you want to throw the dart, hit 'fire',

and you'll see your dart

lob towards the board. Clunk! There's a score-board on the screen
which keeps track of your progress. Sound effects are nice, with a
digitised referee calling the shots.

Other than that there's not too much else to it. After all, darts are
darts. The good thing is that you don't end up with holes in the wall
when you miss the board. And at the budget price of $19.95, it's worth
snapping up. (MF)

Distributed by: Pactronics 02 748 4700 RRP Amiga $19.95
Ratings: Graphics: 75% Sound: 70% Gameplay: 75 %
Overall: 75%

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Super Off Road sets you in the drivers seat of a mean lookin' 4X4
- you're at the starting line, head to head with three other drivers.
They can be human like yourself, or computer controlled- If you want
to play with your mates, one will use a joystick in port 0. the other will
use the keys, and you will use the joystick in port 1. Fair enough,
unless you're the sucker stuck with the keyboard!

The green light flashes, and the race is on. Point your truck where
you want it to go and push forward on the joystick and you'll start
thrashing round the track - it's a fair dinkum sand-pit affair, a dirt track
with humps, bumps and water traps everywhere. High fences around
the track keep you more or less on course, but in the early stages it's
easy to find yourself going backwards in the bun-rush.

There are bonus nitro tanks to intercept, as well as cash prizes - they'll appear at
random on the track, ready to be picked up by the first car on the scene. Bonus cash can
be used at the end of the race to upgrade your car, with a bigger engine, better tyres and
more nitro for turbo boosting your performance.

Graphics in Super Off Road are beautiful - the tracks are highly detailed in 3-D
perspective view. The four brightly coloured cars are nicely done too.

The action is fast and smooth, though joystick control takes a bit of getting used to.
This is one of those "push forward for straight ahead" systems, with left and right pushes
to turn your on screen vehicle left or right around the track.

Fans of Super Cars and other "view from the top" style car race games are in for a real
treat with Super Off Road- it's much better than its predecessors in almost every respect.

Ratings:

Graphics: 86%
Sound: 75%
Gameplay: 82%
Overall: 85%

Distributed by:
Mindscape
02 899 2277
RRP Amiga $49.95
C 64 disk $39.95
C64 cass $29.95

NINJA RABBIT

Ratings:

Graphics: 79%
Sound: 74%
Gameplay: 74%
Overall: 78%

Distributed by:
Pactronics
02 748 4700
RRP Amiga $19.95

It's hard to know how seriously you're meant to take a game with a name
like Ninja Rabbit. And when the star of the show has fur, buck teeth and and
a pair of lanky ears, it's even harder.

Seriously though, doc. for a budget title Ninja Rabbit ain't bad at all.
There's plenty of beat-em-up action against a number of classy looking
backgrounds. Various Stoats, Newts and Weasels line up for a punishing
round with the Rabbit - then it's down the burrow for some underground
action. Down here there are falling rocks to contend with, flurries of furry

fiends, and later, golf balls to dodge as you wander across the local driving range.
The game's Ninja moves are fast and smooth, with good response to the joystick.

Jump kicks make a satisfyingly rabbity

"boing" - but other than that, the action

really means business.

Graphics are lovely - the English

countryside in the background is a real

treat. The main characters are large and

well defined, looking remarkably realistic

for such an unrealistic game. Sound effects

are effective, with all the mandatory grunts,

groans and slaps. Worth a look. J

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King's
Bounty

I think the name says it all. You are a bounty
hunter for a bloke known as King Maximus. Now
this king was a bit careless and left his Sceptre of
Order lying around. Areth Dragonbreath's
henchmen stormed the castle and stole the sceptre
and plan on using it for their own evil ways. This is
where you come in. You have to find the sceptre on
one of four islands. You have to find villains in
castles and beat them, then garrison their castle
and use it for your own use. Each villain you defeat
has a piece of a map. The more villains you capture
the easier it gets.

King's Bounty is an adventure game, strategy
and action game all in one package. The graphics
are in the format of the Ultima series and the
music/fx are also good. To start the game you have

to pick a class of player. There are four to pick
from. There is a paladin, a knight, a barbarian and
a sorceress. Each of them have qualities that excel
others but they all have their downfalls. Then you
get to pick how long you need to find the sceptre.
The maximum is 900 days and the least is 150.
Then it is off to the game.

You start on the island Continentia and have to
find seven villains and a map to go to the next
island. There are castles, towns, roaming beasties
that want a fight, dwellings where you can recruit
soldiers for your army, and treasure chests with lots
of goodies inside.

I am a person hard to please and I don't really
like adventure games but this one is the best I have
played and it is recommended to all adventurers -
it's also very addictive. (JG) Q

Ratings:

Graphics:

80%

Sound:

70%

Gameplay

84%

Overall:

84%

Ratings:

Graphics & Sound: NA
Gameplay: 85%

HARPOON BATTLESET I
North Atlantic Convoys

The first in a series of extra scenario disks for Harpoon, Battleset II again pits the Soviets and NATO in a conflict
over European territory. Set in the 1990s, Europe is under the threat of a massive Soviet invasion after the demise of
Perestroika and Glasnost. Russian Hardliners have taken over the Kremlin, and their first act of government is to attack
and subdue NATO forces in the continent before reinforcements can arrive from the United States (a scenario many
strategists consider a real possibility, especially if Gorbachev fails in his push lor reforms).

In the tradition of Harpoon, you won't be controlling the land forces of either side, rather you will take charge of the
naval activities on the Atlantic after war has broken out. If
you're the Soviet Commander, it is up to you to deter,
damage, delay, and destroy the supply vessels that make
their way across the ocean. Play the part of the NATO
commander, and your task will be to safely guide such
vessels into friendly European harbours, and hopefully
turn the tide against the Red Machine.

This and other Battlesets require the original Harpoon
to run, and will also contain some details on new types of
naval and air units. Like Harpoon, the Battleset series of
disks is one of a growing number of products that will
support any Amiga hard drive (vital in a game of this
nature). (AP) Q

Distributed by: Electronic Arts (075) 991 388
Requires Harpoon. RRP Amiga $45.95

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